O-3 BRICS EXPANSION AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS FOR CURACAO

This week (August 24, 2023), BRICS-countries announced the admission of 6 new members. It is an attempt to reshape the global world order and counter the dominance of the US and its allies. The question that should arise in us is: What does this mean for us, in this case the Island of Curacao? But […]
C-8.2e CHATTING WITH GPT: WHY DO WE TEAR DOWN SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES? (part 2)

Powerful tools should be used. After playing around with GPT for a few months, I found that even though it still is not 100% accurate or complete, it is good enough to use seriously. It still is a good idea to double-check and compare its answers against literature, news, knowledge bases, etc. But it is […]
C-8.1e CHATTING WITH GPT: WHY DO WE TEAR DOWN SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES? (part 1)

Powerful tools should be used. After playing around with GPT for a few months, I found that even though it still is not 100% accurate or complete, it is good enough to use seriously. It still is a good idea to double-check and compare its answers against literature, news, knowledge bases, etc. But it is […]
C-7.1: SISTEMA I STRUKTURA | DIKON NOS TA KREA NAN?

Mester usa hèrmèntnan poderoso. Despues di hunga ku GPT pa algun luna, mi a haña ku, ounke e no ta 100% kompletu ainda, e ta sufisiente bon pa usa na serio. Ta keda un bon idea pa verifiká i kompará su kontestanan ku literatura, notisia, base di konosementu, etc.. Pero e ta sufisientemente bon pa […]
E-13 INTERNATIONALE HANDEL EN COMPARATIEVE VOORDELEN

We hebben het in voorgaande blogs gehad over de productiefactoren en schaarste. Volgend onderwerp is handel. Waarom doen we aan handel? Het simpele antwoord is dat we niet zelf voor alle producten en diensten kunnen zorgen of in voorzien. Om te verkrijgen wat we nodig hebben en willen om een lekkere levensstandaard op na te […]
C-7 CHATTING WITH GPT: WHY DO WE CREATE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES?

Powerful tools should be used. After playing around with GPT for a few months, I found that even though it still is not 100% accurate or complete, it is good enough to use seriously. It still is a good idea to double-check and compare its answers against literature, news, knowledge bases, etc. But it is […]
O-2 RESERVA DI ORO I BANKO SENTRAL

E siman aki media ta yen atrobe di Banko Sentral di Kòrsou i Sint Maarten. Atrobe un Minister ta hunga populista i tira algun kos den laria. Mas tristu ta ku siudadanonan na radio ta bira emoshonal i atrobe ta kai den trampa di “nos kontra nan”. Den e reakshonnan tambe ta obvio, ku e […]
E-12 COST DISEASE, WAAROM DALEN KOSTEN IN SOMMIGE SECTOREN NIET?

In een eerdere blog heb ik de schrijver William J. Baumol aangehaald. William J. Baumol (1922 – 2017) was een econoom en professor aan de New York University. Hij staat bekend om zijn werk op verschillende gebieden, waaronder met name: Ik wil in deze blog stil staan bij Cost Disease. Dit laatste met het oog […]
C-6 CHATTING WITH GPT: DOLLARIZATION VERSUS OWN CURRENCY

Powerful tools should be used. After playing around with GPT for a few months, I found that even though it still is not 100% accurate or complete, it is good enough to use seriously. It still is a good idea to double-check and compare its answers against literature, news, knowledge bases, etc. But it is […]
E-11 ENTREPRENEURSHIP VOLGENS WILLIAM J. BAUMOL

Economische groei wordt voor een groot deel bepaald door de ontwikkeling en toepassing van nieuwe (bruikbare) ideeën. Iets wat een entrepreneur eigen is. Ik zal om die reden enkele blogs besteden aan “entrepreneurship”. De letterlijke vertaling van “entrepreneur” is iemand die onderneemt. Deze keer neem ik als invalshoek de schrijver, William J. Baumol en zijn […]