Only a strong social democracy, not a trickledown capitalist model, will deliver for the Virgin Islands. It was small business and the working man that kept the VI economy alive …
April 7, 2021
March 31, 2021
COMMENTARY — Division seen as threat to VI
Strong and wholesome community is a great tool against adversity: That has been a lesson from the pandemic. The social, economic and physical health of the Virgin Islands community is …
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March 24, 2021
COMMENTARY — VI urged to use diplomacy with UK
For the Virgin Islands and other British overseas territories, the weapons of diplomacy, tact and negotiation are better options in moving towards self-determination than banging an anticolonial drum. Indeed, tact …
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March 17, 2021
COMMENTARY — Central banks’ role analysed
The most powerful institution on earth is the United States Federal Reserve. Here is why. Global financial stability from 2008 is owed to the power of central banks intervening at …
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March 10, 2021
COMMENTARY — Racial shifts examined
The ability to change in a changing world is a great human asset — and a mark of resilience and intelligence. However, change gets harder as we grow older. Assumptions …
March 3, 2021
COMMENTARY — Pandemic lessons explored
What was the common denominator for countries and territories that kept the pandemic to a minimum? Unlike in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom, draconian action and effective …
February 17, 2021
COMMENTARY — Vaccine passports expected soon
A second critical travel document — a vaccine passport — is looking inevitable. But issues are mounting on the why, what, where, how and when of such a passport. Will …
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February 10, 2021
COMMENTARY — Probe called ‘a very good thing’
An entitled minority must never again be allowed to control Virgin Islands governance, politics and society without full citizen and resident participation. Had full citizen participation been the governing culture …
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February 3, 2021
COMMENTARY — Better governance seen as key to independence
There will be no greater autonomy or independence in United Kingdom overseas territories until their residents trust local government. Recent crises in OT governance in the Turks and Caicos Islands …
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January 27, 2021
COMMENTARY — Evangelicals called cowardly
The biggest failure of the modern evangelical church — especially in the United States — is the failure to preach truth to power. Modern evangelicals have bought in to the …
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January 13, 2021
COMMENTARY — Writer fears a debt crisis
Massive global debt is a serious concern for banking and finance. One would have thought that after the banking crash of 2008, banks would have learned the bitter lessons of …
January 6, 2021
COMMENTARY — Need seen for ‘big government’
The 2008 financial crisis showed the Milton Friedman economic model of a laissez faire, production-oriented, trickledown, austere and financially driven economy to be a paper tiger. The idea that the …
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December 16, 2020
COMMENTARY — Need seen for ‘big government’
The 2008 financial crisis showed the Milton Friedman economic model of a laissez faire, production-oriented, trickledown, austere and financially driven economy to be a paper tiger. The idea that the …
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December 9, 2020
COMMENTARY — US viewed with alarm, but change expected soon
Today, people all over the world view the United States with alarm. Non-Americans are at a loss to explain the downward trajectory of the supposed most powerful country on earth. …
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December 2, 2020
COMMENTARY — Post-Covid economy considered
Capitalism and individualism, with the stress on the market economy, will not be able to deal with the new world of climate change, environmental degradation, and rising power polarities that …
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November 25, 2020
COMMENTARY — Race seen as defining factor in US history
The core culture that defines the United States is not its military, technological and economic power. Race and segregation are the defining factors in the US’s 250 years of history …
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November 18, 2020
COMMENTARY — Call made for ‘new economics’
With the onset of the worst pandemic in modern times in terms of global reach, the time has arrived for a new economics: a new model of economy driven by …
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November 10, 2020
COMMENTARY — Brexit blamed for UK ills
This writer, to the consternation of his army of critics, never believed Brexit was a good idea. He understood that in a world where regions were integrating and where the …
November 4, 2020
COMMENTARY — Covid response strategies compared
The evidence from Asia suggests that voters want their governments to suppress the Covid-19 pandemic over and above fixing broken economies. And the latest indicators are that the west is …
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October 28, 2020
COMMENTARY — Covid seen to worsen poverty
Thirty years from today, a new world powered by robotics, artificial intelligence and quantum physics will be upon us. In that future, if a person incidentally ventures into a virtual …
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October 21, 2020
COMMENTARY — US politics analysed in Covid age
Just under a year ago, the biggest news story was trade wars, especially the United States versus China. Trade tensions between the superpowers threatened the global economy. Before the advent …
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October 14, 2020
Commentary — Call made for ‘vision of independence’
The road to Virgin Islands independence is a game of chess, not dominoes. Now, one reason it appears any talk of independence swiftly dissipates into farce is the very nature …
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October 7, 2020
COMMENTARY — ‘Hypocrisy’ seen in capitalism
Capitalism has always sat on the shoulder of the poor and underprivileged. That is nothing new. Do not be deceived by the idea of pure capitalism. It does not exist. …
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September 30, 2020
COMMENTARY — Writer calls for reopening plan
There is light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel, with an approved vaccine expected shortly and new super-swift testing and tracing capabilities. However, businesses remain desperate and fearful, and …
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September 23, 2020
Commentary — Debt seen as tool to fight Covid
In a world that was already awash with debt before the Covid-19 pandemic, it appears debt remains the one tool for keeping the global economy alive until the pandemic ends. …
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