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The trouble with economics
By Dickson Igwe
Economics is a potent tool for the creation, formulation, and execution of social, commercial, and public policy. However, the trouble with economics is that it is subjective. It is colored by the values and opinions, even the cultures, of the economists who make the critical assertions that impact the well being and direction of whole societies, nations, and regions. Consequently, errors of judgment are made. These errors can be catastrophic.
Mrs Economical: the great housewife
By Dickson Igwe
The subject called economics appears extremely useful to individuals, families and communities. The right type of economic thinking is central to the stability and prosperity of societies, countries and regions. Why is economics at the centre of national and global policymaking? Why are matters of economics so pervasive in the global media narrative? The following story attempts to answer why economics appears so universally relevant.
King Politics & Queen Economics
By Dickson Igwe
Human beings are essentially material in their behaviour. From cradle to grave the need to satisfy physical and material needs is all pervasive. That is why in all countries humans work for a living, from the developed to the underdeveloped, given the opportunity. “Work is the rent one pays for living on Planet Earth,” so stated the late Queen Mother once.
Cancer, exercise, & Aspirin
By Dickson Igwe
In a story on Virgin Islands News Online of September 21, 2015, titled, "THERE IS A CANCER EPIDEMIC IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS," she described how, “death from cancer can be avoided with increased government support and funding, for prevention, detection, and treatment programmes.”
King Donald the TRUMP
By Dickson Igwe
The present USA General Election Campaign- the election scheduled for November 2016- is set to be the most interesting in a generation. A US public angry at the political establishment is supporting outsiders instead of career politicians and establishment types.
The vulnerable African American male
By Dickson Igwe
The following story is a narrative on African American society. It is the last of a series on criminality and deviance in the black inner city area of the USA. The story describes the research sociologists’ use of the low income US Black Neighbourhood and Inner City, as a model of study on crime and deviance in black community.
A lesson in Greek economics
By Dickson Igwe
The dichotomy in global economic thought between austere cultures on one side, and fiscal and monetary stimulus on the other, remains dominant in the Greek Euro Zone Drama. The fact remains that Stimulus, restructuring, and reform, remain the answer for Greece. Austerity will do nothing to solve the Greek Debt debacle.
Building a healthy domestic market
By Dickson Igwe
A healthy domestic market is crucial to GDP growth and social stability. A healthy and dynamic local market protects against the vagaries of the global economy. In today’s unpredictable economic environment possessing a strong and robust internal economy is a rendition to wisdom in national governance.
A not so United Kingdom
By Dickson Igwe
The British General Election of May 12, 2015 revealed the soft underbelly of Britain’s politics of regionalism and class division. The election was furthermore as much about economics as it was about politics.
Power & Inequality
By Dickson Igwe
Karl Marx, the Great Enlightenment Philosopher, stated in his magnum opus Das Kapital that the route to true social equality was through violent revolution.
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