Barbados: Is Austerity The Way To Go?

So, we must ask again: Who is Fooling Whom? If government cuts back on health and education services there will be massive job losses. Sounds as if the BLP are suddenly embracing the astringencies of the IMF. Look how times have changed!

At Barbados Underground, Stephen Williams is skeptical of the economic advice being given to the ruling Democratic Labour Party government by the opposition Barbados Labour Party.

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