“As I write this, I checked the round trip airfare from a US market to a city in our region. The base airfare is $200. The taxes and fees are $127 for a total of $327 per person. Does anyone believe that we would not see a travel explosion from that market if the advertised airfare for leisure travel were $199 per person? Let the healing begin.”
“Caribbean people will argue over many things, but they are unanimous and non-partisan in their commitment to make healthy economies even more robust and profitable,” she asserted, which is why “we need to see greater commitments from our policy-makers to recognize the true value of tourism to the economy so they, in turn, can ensure national budgets reflect the need to responsibly develop our region’s major economic driver. Tourism must, therefore, become more of a serious policy issue for you, our representatives here in Brussels.”
My interest is in the healing of an economy. The therapy is rooted in the management of business systems which is oriented towards the correction of the “info-energetic” system of an enterprise by means of informational influence which could be called informational correction of the 25 sub-cellular structures of the ManOBiz Matrixâ„¢ so that the whole enterprise starts functioning harmoniously once again, causing disease to regress until the latter’s complete disappearance. Enter sustainable economic growth!
Mark Sheffield’s article “Waiting to Exhale: Economics, Simplified” is very relevant to the growth of economies in small emerging nations, in particular, where indigenous market footprints are small. These economies must focus on “DNA of an Elephant” enterprises to grow their economies. In the Caribbean Community, the member states are fundamentally committed to democracy, the rule of law and a free-market economy as the basis of political stability, social and economic prosperity.
Three weeks ago a friend of mine from school days and I were reflecting on recent changes in our personal lives. He wrote: “If you remember many years ago you introduced me to The Power of Positive Thinking …It does work”. I agreed and told him that to this day, I follow and attempt to practise positive thinking philosophies.
What is the difference between loan investment and benevolent venture capital equity investment? The jargon is different. No loans, just equity. No hard collateral, just Shepherding. No interest, just dividends. No monthly payments, just an exit strategy in the form of a buy-back clause in the equity agreement to give a fair return to the institution and allow the enterprise to own 100% of its shares when the cash flows are strong enough. Venture capital addresses all the needs of the enterprise. What is needed is the belief by financial institutions that “Shepherding as collateral mitigates the risk of business failure”.