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Unrestricted Free Agent PodcastRasheed Worrell talks about taking a break from basketball, taking bad contracts, overseas play styles & more / Season 2 Episode 3Rasheed Worrell former Bowling Green and Lynn University player talks about the struggles of prompt and sudden coaching changes and how that affects your career. The adjustments to overseas basketball as well as the demands from a coach as an import, The evolution of the big man position in basketball as well how your play is predicated on not only the league you play at but the region in the world as different places play different styles of basketball and finally opens up about his mental break from the sport as well as what may be next for him.
2023-10-1557 min
The Rasheed Griffith ShowDevelopment and Stabilization with DeLisle WorrellSend us a textIn this episode of Caribbean Progress, Rasheed speaks with Dr. DeLisle Worrell, a renowned economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados. They discuss many policy topics, including why the standard macroeconomic models of the foreign exchange constraint in open economies should be revised. How dollarization brings fiscal credibility to consolidation policies. They also explore the economic dislocation that occurred in the Caribbean post-independence. ResourcesDevelopment and Stabilization in Small Open Economies: Theories and Evidence from the Caribbean Experience by Dr. DeLisle Worrell...
2023-07-0353 min
China in the AmericasDollarization Equals Economic FreedomU.S Foreign Policy in the Caribbean seldom contemplates Monetary Policy. Domestic currencies in the Caribbean pervert economic freedom. Rather than being seen as economic imperialism, the spread of United States Dollars in the Caribbean should be seen as the spread of economic freedom. I am joined by Dr. DeLisle Worrell, former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados to discuss why all Caribbean currencies should be permanently retired in favor of adopting the USD as the sole currency throughout the region. We also discuss the potential of Chinese RMB internationalisation in the Caribbean. Further reading: The Time H...
2022-02-1257 minChina in the AmericasWe're All In The Caribbean with Tyler CowenI'm now an Emergent Ventures Fellow! I've received a generous grant from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The grant will be used to develop this podcast and create more China-Caribbean relations content (newsletter coming soon)! This is all thanks to this episode's guest - Tyler Cowen. He is the Director of the Mercatus Center and an Economics Professor at George Mason University. Tyler is also the coauthor (along with Alex Tabarrok of the Marginal Revolution blog) and host of the Conversations with Tyler Podcast. Show NotesSir. Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize winning...
2021-02-251h 15China in the AmericasDelisle Worrell on China in the CaribbeanIn this episode I speak with Dr. Delisle Worrell. He is the former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados and a current member of the Financial Policy Council of the Bermuda Monetary Authority. He first visited China in 1980. As Governor he established the Fish & Dragon festival; an annual celebration bringing Chinese culture to the Barbadian public. Recommendations: Dr. WorrellThe Economic History of the Caribbean since the Napoleonic Wars by Victor Bulmer-ThomasHandbook of Caribbean Economies (Routledge, forthcoming) edited by Robert LooneyRasheed The Theory of Economic Gr...
2020-11-0334 min