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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.
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.
Jack & Jill Prosper
By Dickson Igwe
The materially contented working man and woman drive economic growth. Spending by the working and middle class is the panacea for a strong economy. Prosperous societies comprise of working men and women who live well above minimum wage subsistence. The working and middle class spender is the true driver of aggregate demand. Consumer demand is central to modern economic thinking on how to build economic growth in a world where deflation is rearing a head.
Terrance B. Lettsome International & Virgin Islands politics
By Dickson Igwe
Now this Old Boy was always a supporter of the British Virgin Islands airport extension project. Any reader of his column over the years will acknowledge that fact. He remains a supporter of a privately funded airport project with government oversight.
Free markets & the economics of see & saw
By Dickson Igwe
The following article looks at the free market as a panacea for economic growth, but from two differing perspectives.
King Vision & Queen Infrastructure
By Dickson Igwe
The following narrative argues that vision is crucial to deciding on a national infrastructure model. Understanding a country’s physical and social infrastructure requirements begins with having an overarching national vision. The national vision is a grand idea.
The Virgin Islands boat builder and seafarer
By Dickson Igwe
The following article is part of a series of stories on politics and economics in the Virgin Islands, in the run up to general elections in early 2016. The narrative urges the need for visionary politics. It argues that the possession of a national vision by a country can aid effective social and economic development.
Visionary Politics and 2016
By Dickson Igwe
The following article is part of a series of stories on Virgin Islands politics and economics. It asks the question: what is the long term vision for the Virgin Islands in the run up to general elections in early 2016?
Economics - never an exact science 1
By Dickson Igwe
The following narrative is part of a series of articles on issues affecting the global economy, relevant to the Virgin Islands. It uses the contemporary US economic model as analogy. It argues that economics and politics are in a symbiotic relationship. They are joined at the hip.
Austerity, pin pricks, and burst balloons
By Dickson Igwe
The following narrative is a snapshot of modern economic history. It reviews the divergences between Austerity and Stimulus. It is a short history of economic thinking from the 1970s up and until the Great Recession of 2007. It also looks at some inherent historical weaknesses in the two economic models.
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