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When a government goes broke!
By Dickson C. Igwe
It is accepted that borrowing is the universal norm for governments to find the cash to operate. Public spending from taxes and borrowing are the way most western governments function.
National indebtedness and living standards—Part A
Dickson C. Igwe
This ‘economics layman’ is learning that a country’s personal indebtedness and private debt levels—owed by private individuals and privately owned businesses—is not synonymous with national debt: debt held by a country’s government.
The Virgin Islands & Sustainable Debt - Part A
Dickson C. Igwe
Sustainable government borrowing from banks and institutions, national and international, internal and external, is the sole route to economic growth post Irma.
Debt fueled growth: pros and cons!
Dickson C. Igwe
Borrowing to generate economic growth post Irma is valid, prudent, and risky.
Measuring Virgin Islands indebtedness Part 2
Dickson C. Igwe
Accurate statistics, and sound economic metrics, are critical to engineering economic recovery.
Measuring VI indebtedness part 1
Dickson C. Igwe
Accurate statistics, and sound economic metrics, are critical to engineering economic recovery for the Virgin Islands (VI).
The Small Business Recovery
Dickson C. Igwe
Locally owned small businesses are critical for getting the Virgin Islands (VI) out of recession. Small business is at the core of the VI economic engine. Building strong small businesses is a bottom up type economics. Why?
The Trump Economy and deflation
Dickson C. Igwe
There are lessons to be learned from a booming USA; the proceeding story is second of a series of narratives on Donald Trump’s business first, protectionist, economics.
The Trump Economy and deflation
Dickson C. Igwe
There are lessons to be learned from a booming USA; the proceeding story is second of a series of narratives on Donald Trump’s business first, protectionist, economics.
The Trump Economy
Dickson C. Igwe
There are lessons to be learned for a Post Irma recessionary British Virgin Islands (BVI) from a booming USA.
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