Economist at the IMF plotting to save the world by dinner.
Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
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The history of the world is the history of wars, famine, plague, disaster. Our very existence today is due not to our selfish tendencies, but rather to the inherent kindness that we show to one another.
Today is a good day to love your neighbour.
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🗣️ “You’ve just signed the demise of West Indies cricket” 📉
Cricket West Indies CEO Chris Dehring on the financial crisis facing cricket in the Caribbean, and how it all began nearly 30 years ago 💰🌴
Watch The Scoop 👉 youtu.be/MtkomHPlJwI
Whew, I feel this so deeply in my soul
My friends, you crossed oceans and helped build nations. You sent money home and taught your children to love a country some had never seen.
That love must never end with one generation.
We are moving to extend citizenship by descent to the great-grandchildren of Bajans. They, too, must have the choice to come home.
So bring the children. Bring the grandchildren. Let them walk where their grandparents walked. Let them feel the love behind the stories.
To our family in Toronto and across the world, you are ours. We are yours. There will always be a place for you here.
One people. One Barbados. Bajan to the bone.
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Run It Back Please! 🥹
An innings of determination and sensational strokeplay. 💥
Here’s another look at the moment captain Temba Bavuma brought up his 6th ODI career century! 💯🩷
#Unbreakable #PinkDay
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The only possible audio accompaniment to a wicket that tops the pantheon of daftness...
#WhyDidHeDoThat?
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A very warm welcome to @NigelClarkeJa as he joins the IMF today as one of my Deputy Managing Directors. Thrilled to have you on board, Nigel!
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On behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, I extend sincere congratulations to Dr. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service of Jamaica, on his appointment as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund - effective October 31, 2024.
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There are reasonable problems with the tax on unrealized gains ideas but the problem demands a solution: the people in the $10 billion+ range of wealth pay nearly zero income taxes, borrow til death, then heirs get a cost basis reset to pay zero capital gains.
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Stupid question maybe. But if I'm an investor in a hedge fund, do I just pay the performance fees when I cash out?
Or do the hedge fund managers collect their annual 20% take, even if my gains are unrealized?
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Stop opening new hotels - the old ones are empty half the year. Stop giving hotels concessions. Stop allowing companies to come here, to bring in their own people to fill executive positions, and to treat Bajans like an afterthought in our own country.
We are not disposable.
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Lemme 'splain... There's two stories about the economy, and two sets of storytellers. There's the view from Wall Street, and the reality on Main Street. Financial markets tell you about the former, and economists are about the latter. Imma give you the economist's version.
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Why do American cities feel less "alive" than their European counterparts?
It's because of something called the "missing middle".
A century ago, American cities looked completely different... (thread) 🧵
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I’m not against BazBall. But claims that Root’s fantastic innings today was somehow BazBall personified (because he thought on his feet & adapted to the situation) are really taking the piss. If you lose a specific argument, you can’t just redefine/broaden the concept to suit you