Islands and Politics 
Greece Advised to Sell Private Islands(0)
Island lovers know that islands are a hot commodity and a valuable resource. In the case of Greece however, they may also be a way out of debt.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently recommended that Greece should sell of some of its state assets, including some of it’s private islands. According to reports, Josef Schlarmann, a senior [...]
Did Private Islands Kill a Prominent CEO?
The recent world economic problems have had the unfortunate side-effect of increasing suicides due to business failures and bankruptcies. Sadly, Steven Good, CEO of Chicago-based auction house Sheldon Good, joined those ranks earlier this year. While the reasons for his death are truly known only to him, a failure of a highly publicized private auction [...]
Antigua Takes back Stanford Owned Island
Embattled investor Allen Stanford is losing his private island in Antigua. The governments of Antigua and Barbuda are making the move to take control of the texas Billionaire who has been accused of securities fraud.
Stanford, owned Guiana Island A 1,500 acre island that has emerged as the heart of his elaborate dealings. Antigua and Barbuda’s [...]
The Islands of the Great Barrier Reef
Tourism Queensland is working hard to promote their region as a top tourist destination, and I must say they are doing a fantastic job. First they came out with an island caretaker position, where the proud winner gets to live on a beautiful island for 6-months and recieves $150,000 at the end of their term [...]
Biden to Visit Virgin Islands
While President elect Barack Obama is vacationing in Hawaii, his second in command Joe Biden visited the U.S. Virgin Islands with his family for a brief vacation. A government spokesman says Gov. John deJongh greeted Biden at the airport.
Jean Greaux said Saturday that Biden is “here for a couple of days of rest and relaxation.” [...]
More on Sark
The other day I posted an ariticle on how Sark is about to lose one-sixth of its jobs (READ: Sark to Lose Sixth of Jobs). The loss got me interested in this small state and so I decided to look for more information.
One of the Channel Islands, Sark is a British Crown Dependency and has a [...]
Liberty Island
It’s a time of war, change and hope for our country so I thought today I would feature a symbol of what we all strive for, not just as American’s but as human beings. The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886 to commerate the centennial [...]
Ephemerisle: Another Anarcho-Capitalist Utopia
Last Friday, Patri Friedman the grandson of famous noble laurete and economists Milton Friedman’s held a news conference to discuss is latest project called Ephemerisle.
Equipped with half a million dollars from PayPal founder Peter Thiel, Friedman wants to eventually build a fixed, independent structure off the coast of San Francisco called Ephemerisle that will function as an [...]
Casino Island Planed for Estonia
Tallinn a large city in Estonia is looking to get rid of the numerous casino that dot the city. Although an important means of income generation the casinos foster addiction, crime and “sleaze.” As a result the city is looking for a way to remove the casinos without actually eliminating them.
This problem has led city planners to develop a [...]
Tuvalu Seeks Help With Global Climate Change
One of the world’s smallest nations, Tuvalu, is facing a huge problem. Slowly, the tiny island nation is slipping beneath the rising waters of the Pacific. The government is reaching out to the world to help save the island nation which has about 12,000 residents.
Tuvalu is the world’s fourth smallest country, bigger only than the [...]