I have the audacity and right to hope that I will not be raped!
Such might be the musings of an average girl child or an adolescent female in Jamaica who is now aware of the epidemic of sexual assaults, including rape, which girl children …
A twisted nightmare about checks and balances
“We are such stuffAs dreams are made on,and our little life is rounded with a sleep” William Shakespeare (The Tempest) I sometimes wonder not only about the mechanics but also about …
World Citizenship: Key to sustainable development
What makes for a good citizen? Is it one’s cultural connection or maybe one’s involvement in community work and empowerment? To whom do we ascribe the coveted title of “good citizen”? …
The building is on fire, but everyone, including HR, is in a meeting!
The concept of growth in an advanced heavy industrial production based society in the new millennium has a pronounced leaning towards high-speed automatic machines and robotics. In those societies, even the …
(Dis)Respect and the (in)discipline of survival
Dr Peter Phillips’ now famous quote that ‘the man who plays by the rules is the man that gets shafted’, came home to me most forcibly about two weeks ago after …
Black lives and retroactive wages matter
Economists across the ideological divide are at least at one when it comes to the economic value of goods or services that is derived from the contribution of labour. Adam …
No reward for driving up the median
The essential goal of production, growth, and development is to provide an important source of wealth to a nation. This is a constant debate, and economists measure the effective …
Boarding schools and the marginalised male - A solution
It has been axiomatic for decades in this country that the main driver for legitimate economic empowerment for the poor and the middle classes is education. We have all, at …
Jamaica’s political dynamics about to enter a new phase
Finally, with the rise of Peter David Phillips to the leadership of the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) in 10 days, new centers of influence on the body politic will …
What of Jamaica’s future and its cancer of corruption?
Jamaica must give serious consideration to what lies ahead should the Government and the country’s lawmakers fail to decisively and aggressively confront its corruption problem. Corruption in Jamaica is ‘entrenched and widespread’ …