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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asserted that the dominant economic model of the latter Twentieth Century- mainly Supply-Side Free Market Economics- is obsolete in today's swiftly changing global environment.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.
The new Progressive Economics
Dickson C. Igwe
Neo Liberalism is the idea that markets are self-correcting. For forty years the belief that free markets allocate resources efficiently ruled.
Trump, Brexit, Culture wars & the Virgin Islands Context
By Dickson C. Igwe
Cultural engagement and cultural integration between ethnic and racial groups is no longer an option for these Virgin Islands.
The Road to El Dorado
By Dickson C. Igwe
For the effective policymaker pursuing a Virgin Islands national vision, both current economic ideas—austerity and stimulus—offer a route to the land of Milk and Honey.
The Economics Dichotomy
By Dickson C. Igwe
In pursuing and realizing a vision for the Virgin Islands, policymakers must understand a key divergence in economic thinking.
Early grumblings in a Govt's first term
By Dickson C. Igwe
Smart politicians pay heed to early disenchantment from voters. Why: because to be forewarned is to be forearmed
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