The Watchdog – Home and Abroad
Scott B. MacDonald, Ph.D., Chief Economist
Smith’s Research & Gradings, April 6, 2026
Summary: The Persian Gulf has yet to become background noise as did the Russo-Ukraine War and Gaza. Although the latter two conflicts were disruptive to the global economy, their impa
Kevin Sinclair’s exclusion from the Guyana cricket team due to perceived indiscipline mirrors past unfulfilled potential. This commentary argues that competitive drive, even if confrontational, is a vital trait in elite sports. We must nurture, not sideline, such talent.
There is a particular kind of institutional failure that announces itself not in a single dramatic moment, but in a pattern — a slow accumulation of decisions, omissions, and indifferences that, taken together, reveal what an organization actually values, as opposed to what it claims to value. Guyan
Sunday Essay · Diaspora & Development Why Guyana keeps having the same diaspora conversation — and what it will take to finally stop By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. ·…
Infrastructure | Analysis The Hourly Intensity Problem: A Data-Driven Approach to Flood Management in Georgetown By Guyana Business Journal Data Desk|Guyana Business Journal|March 30, 2026 139.4 in Peak Annual Rainfall…
Sunday Essay · Education & Society In the era of oil, what is Guyana teaching its children about their own worth? By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · March 30,…
Social Policy | Analysis The Diaspora Is Not the Problem: On Citizenship, Belonging, and the Architecture of Oil-Era Benefit Policy By Terrence R. Blackman, Ph.D.|Guyana Business Journal|March 23, 2026 878,674…
Sunday Essay · Caribbean Political Economy Why coordination is no longer enough — and what the region must build instead By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · March 21, 2026…
A Report on the GlobeSpan Policy Webinar — examining Guyana’s position amid Middle Eastern conflict, the closure of Stabroek News, governance gaps, and ExxonMobil’s $100 million STEM investment.
A Report on the GlobeSpan Policy Webinar — examining Guyana’s position amid Middle Eastern conflict, the closure of Stabroek News, governance gaps, and ExxonMobil’s $100 million STEM investment.