A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 10 of 12 How a sovereign wealth fund holds — and how it learns to bend. By Nabaclis Piknee · October 7, 2026 …
Foreign Investment
Two Arrivals, 1956: An Appreciation of the Mighty Sparrow
The Mighty Sparrow died in New York on 27 September at ninety-one. In 1956 he won his first Calypso King title in Port of Spain, the same year my great uncle Winston …
Sugar’s Ghost
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 9 of 12 GuySuCo’s long death, and the Local Content Act’s early test. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 30, 2026 This essay is …
Negotiate the Future, Not the Title
GBJ Editorial · Guyana–Venezuela Negotiate the Future, Not the Title On Venezuela’s appeal at the United Nations, and what belongs at the table Months before the World Court is expected to …
What the Forest Knows
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 8 of 12 The Norway deal, Indigenous consent, and a resource that pays by standing still. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 23, 2026 …
The Ones Who Left
For decades Guyana exported its most capable people and imported their remittances. Oil money has not yet broken the pattern. Article 7 of twelve in Beyond the Resource Curse.
Gold, Bauxite, Timber: Three Rehearsals
Bauxite, gold and timber gave Guyana three booms, three different ownership structures, and the same outcome each time. Article 6 of twelve in Beyond the Resource Curse.
The Morning After
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 5 of 12 Independence morning, the nationalizations, and the gap between the deed and the doing. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 9, 2026 …
Before the Flag Came Down
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 4 of 12 What “ours” meant when the flag was still British. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 5, 2026 This essay is part …
The Institutions That Hold
A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 3 of 12 A vault, a university, and what breaking a curse on purpose actually costs. By Nabaclis Piknee · August 30, 2026 …
