I Need Things to Make Real Sense
There’s a video of a young Caribbean woman that made the rounds last week. I found it funny, encouraging to a point, but sad. Her loyalty to her life partner was on display as she tried to crowdsource…
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Clear, readable explanations of the economic issues affecting ordinary Barbadians — productivity, debt, inflation, and the structural forces that shape daily life.
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New Lessons from Singapore
She’s the economic model that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are supposed to follow. Every so often, one of us social and economic commentators will push for our nations to implement…
The Ease of Doing Business in Barbados
The circus certainly came to town last week. You may think I am referring only to the Suarez Brothers Circus. I am not. The debacle that surrounded it mattered rather more. If media reports are to be…
On the Road to Atlanta
It’s almost a year later, but I find myself in Atlanta again. This was the least planned trip I have taken, but fortunately, I made the last-minute decision to drive here all the way from Fort…
I Need Things to Make Real Sense
There’s a video of a young Caribbean woman that made the rounds last week. I found it funny, encouraging to a point, but sad. Her loyalty to her life partner was on display as she tried to crowdsource…
The High Cost of Cheap Hands
The recent report that Government was probing the living conditions of migrant construction workers in Barbados should not have surprised us as much as it did. Concerns had been raised about Colombian…
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The Caribbean, by the numbers
Fifteen CARICOM economies, updated monthly. Five regional exchanges — BSE, TTSE, GSE, JSE, ECSE — updated daily.
Caribbean economics
Barbados
8 USD bn
+2.7% vs 2024GDP · 2025
- Inflation
- 0.9%
- Debt to GDP
- 93.7%
Caribbean markets
Barbados
715.70
−0%BSE Composite · 2026-08-28
0 up · 1 down · 21 flatBHL 0%EMABDR −1.6%
Building
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Practical things built in the open — software, hardware, and systems.
AI & Software
Van Man (Version 0.1)
The fare is C3.50. It is always C3.50. You cannot charge more, and the shift ends at sundown — so the only way to hit your target is to carry more people, faster, than is strictly advisable. This is how Van Man turns a pleasant minibus route round a Caribbean island into a five-minute financial crisis. Load twenty passengers and the van handles like a wardrobe on castors. Make up the time by speeding and the police take an interest. Clip a pothole and every fare pays less, because nobody pays full whack to ride a wreck. Go broke and that's your shift. You can always offer the officer a bribe. It works often enough to be tempting and fails often enough to be a genuinely poor idea. Also, the petrol stations explode. The two girlfriends must never meet. The sea is right there, waiting. Economics, essentially. With explosions.
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Private Aviation Operations Tools
Lightweight tools for Flight Ops flight, quoting and aviation admin.
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