economics

January 2018

JTOL0009 Thomas Sowell Black Rednecks and White Liberals

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Thinking of purchasing the book? http://amzn.to/2ifwYil 00:10 Intro 01:43 Why I liked the book 02:55 What I got from the book regarding his main argument on the origins of Black culture in the US. 04:26 Anecdotal tangent 05:21 How historically relations between blacks and whites in the US shifted ba [...]

November 2017

JTOL0004 “Brain Drain” Tentative Thoughts | Should Smart People Stay in

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Do people owe their talents to the place they come from? 00:00 Small talk 01:04 Introduction and discussion of the topic 02:15 Can informed persons help the rest of their country? 04:38 Is the individual more important than the country? 11:48 Why it doesn’t make sense for persons to stay /Why countr [...]

What Happened to Jamaica? Democratic Socialism in Jamaica and A Tale of Two Islands

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What Happened to Jamaica? Democratic Socialism and A Tale of Two Islands Did you know that, in 1971, the United States to Jamaica currency exchange rate was $1 USD to $0.77 JMD, nine years after Jamaica's independence from Britain? In 1992, it was $1 USD to $22 JMD. In 2019, at the time of writing, [...]