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Vocations are critical for Virgin Islands youth
By Dickson C. Igwe
A workforce that possesses appropriate technical and vocational skills is critical for the Virgin Islands economy, and the welfare of the country’s youth
Hurricane disaster survival 2
By Dickson C. Igwe
In the age of global warming, building resilience and defence against climate change and natural disaster has to be at the core of Caribbean social and economic development.
Hurricane disaster survival part 1
By Dickson C. Igwe
Belief that the Virgin Islands may escape an annual devastating hurricane such as Irma, Maria, and Dorian, is simple delusion; it is dangerous complacency.
The UK Civil War
By Dickson C. Igwe
Brexit could very well be the swam song of the UK, with England going its way, to become the world's largest financial offshore destination, and Scotland and Northern Ireland becoming countries of the European Union
Debt & the super wealthy
By Dickson C. Igwe
Debt is a super tool of modern economics transferring wealth from the 90% to the 1%.
Now most consumers own debt. In fact, it would not be an over assertion stating that half the population of democratic western countries are submerged in debt.
Prevailing against economic imperialism
By Dickson C. Igwe
Countries that fail to economically optimize their own natural and domestic markets are doomed to an eternity of economic slavery
The Vocations & the Road to El Dorado
By Dickson C. Igwe
Countries with a skilled workforce are far more prosperous than countries with workers who major in academia and white-collar services. The road to social and economic prosperity runs through the vocations.
Brexit: a new phase of civil war
By Dickson C. Igwe
Boris Johnson officially became UK Prime Minister on July 25, 2016. His appointment was no surprise. Johnson is a darling of the UK Far Right. Much as Donald Trump is the Poster Boy of the USA's White Supremacists and Far Right-Wing Types.
Capitalism and Environmental Destruction
By Dickson C. Igwe
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate and Economist, has asserted that the dominant economic model of the latter Twentieth Century- mainly Supply-Side Free Market Economics- is obsolete in today's swiftly changing global environment. Trickle Down has had its day.
BREXIT: The 800lb gorilla mauling the UK
By Dickson C. Igwe
BREXIT is the most damaging event in recent UK history, equivalent to the Suez Crisis of the early 1960s, in terms of its malevolent effect on UK politics, economics, and society.
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