Politics & Society,

On Behalf Of The “Book People”

By: Wonderr Freeman Originally Published in October 25, 2004 If all the degree holders were to conglomerate in one locality or in one building, I should consider myself fit enough to be a proud gatekeeper, knowing fully well that the degree I have earned is still further down the ladder. Furthermore, it should be considered no disrespect to the bigwigs amongst the “book people” if I

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Taking the low road to the Executive Mansion- the case of Liberia’s ruling Unity Party

 by Wonderr K. Freeman, Mon, Lib Originally Published in December 2017 In the Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump match-up [2016], Michelle Obama made the famous quip that “when they go low, we go high”. Of course, the “low” was a reference to Trump’s bare-knuckle, no-smear-barred style of campaigning.  And the “high” was Clinton sticking’s to the issues and the script. Unfortunately, judging from how the American

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Business & Finance, Political Economy,

NIGERIA and LIBERIA’s Central Banks Thread Separate Paths on Micro-Small Medium Enterprise (MSME) Financing

By: Atty Wonderr K. Freeman,   Originally Published in November 2013 The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL, herein after) and its Governor, Dr. Mills Jones, have been under pressure lately. Its microfinance and SME policy has come under heavy suspicion by the Liberia Senate and other Liberian technocrats. It’s not farfetched to say that most of the senators don’t quite understand that boring subject called economics –

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Analyzing the Economic Impact of Liberia’s Dual Currency Policy, A View From the Low-Level Square-table

By Atty. Wonderr Koryenen FREEMAN     Originally Published in February 2015 On February 23rd at the Monrovia City Hall, some of Liberia’s most well-known political and economic elites got together to talk about a perennial economic problem – Liberia’s dual currency policy. It was a “high-level” roundtable, so I wasn’t invited. I make no fuss about that! Like G. Henry Andrews, I am only too content with

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Liberia’s faltering currency has reached its Rubicon – in search of a “Big Bang” solution                         

By: Wonderr K Freeman, Attorney, Monrovia. Liberia Originally Published in July 2017 Liberians have generally accepted an [LRD/USD] exchange rate in the 50s-60s, and have tolerated an exchange rate in the 70s-80s. They have murmured and grumbled as the rate approached 90s-100s. But an exchange rate above LRD100:USD1, and in fact approaching LRD120:USD1, is a whole new ballgame.  At this stage, prices are running through the

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CBL Economic Gospel versus the Reality of a Perpetually Sinking Liberian Dollar                   

by Wonderr K. Freeman           Originally Published in February 2012 Couple of days ago, I was combing through my stack of local dailies, and noticed a recurring theme: streams of good news of the great work the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) is doing. I came across headlines such as “CBL accounting policies sound”, “banking sector experiences growth, says CBL”,” Liberia foreign reserves swells” etc.. It seems,

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