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The unforgiving global workplace
By Dickson Igwe
The global workplace suffers neither fools nor the mediocre. And the right governing environment, attractive social and physical infrastructure, and globally oriented national education and training model, are critical for survival in a highly competitive and integrated world. These Virgin Islands sit on an ever shrinking planet, where governments are limited in what they can do to protect local jobs and national markets.
ELECTION USA, 2012: A nail biting countdown
By Dickson Igwe
Before the First US Presidential Election debate on October 3, 2012, President Barack Obama appeared to be coasting to a second term. Victory appeared assured. But after a disastrous performance by the Leader of the Free World, watched by tens of millions of American voters, all bets were off.
Putting the feet of the Virgin Islands politicians and policymakers to the fire
By Dickson Igwe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Christmas is on the horizon and some voters in these Spectacular Antilles view their Senators as the veritable SANTA CLAUS. Apparently, a vocal and influential minority expect their Senator or Elected Representative, in addition to meeting the normal and reasonable requests of Joe Public, to pay also for vacations, home extensions, mortgage arrears, roof repairs, even lingerie. This is absurd, unbelievable! But apparently true.
Mitt Romney: The Big Business President
By Dickson Igwe
President Barack Obama is believed to understand the needs of America’s middle class; much more so than a multi millionaire venture capitalist named Mitt Romney. The President’s values are seen to be more approximate with those of people on middle incomes, living from paycheck to paycheck, and he is presently enjoying a huge lead in this category; 20 points, according to the latest polls.
King Global versus Big Government
By Dickson Igwe
Banker Extraordinaire, and Thinker on globalization, Alan Greenspan, in his Book, ‘’THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD,’’ described how the power of free markets and globalization to influence even the most totalitarian type regimes was clearly evident in the CHINESE MODEL.
Riding the powerful global horse
By Dickson Igwe
Two assertions made by vocal voices in the local press over the issue of Foreign Investment in the Virgin Islands are these: ‘’the Virgin Islands are too dependent on Foreign Investment; and a good swathe of the national economy is in the hands of foreigners, which are putting Virgin Islanders on the back burner.’’
The wealthy global investor & job creator
By Dickson Igwe
One of the allusions made against the Beef Island airport expansion is this one: ‘’it is a project meant to cater for the private jets of multi millionaires and billionaires; a facility for the global jet set.’’ That is a naïve assertion, however.
Paul Ryan's America
By Dickson Igwe
Mitt Romney announced Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate on the morning of August 11, 2012. This was a very interesting choice. Ryan is an intelligent man born into a wealthy family, and further, he married into wealth. But more to the point, he is the architect of the RYAN BUDGET.
The Singapore-Hong Kong models of globalization
By Dickson Igwe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A snapshot of the thinking on globalization and foreign direct investment of Martin Wolf: Wolf was Resident Economist at the Financial Times: a global economics and finance daily. This article is part of a series on the benefits of Foreign Direct Investment for the Virgin Islands.
Prosperity, free markets, and Virgin Islands development
By Dickson Igwe
Alan Greenspan, in his rendition on globalism and free trade, ‘’ THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD,’’ believed the free market was supreme in determining the trajectory of the global economy.
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