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Curaçao’s Public Finances and the Paradox of a Growing Bureaucracy
Curaçao’s Public Finances and the Paradox of a Growing Bureaucracy 14 September 2025 The Board for Financial Supervision (Cft) recently...
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Sep 13, 20252 min read


Between Façade and Reality: A Critical Reading of the SER Annual Report 2024
Between Façade and Reality: A Critical Reading of the SER Annual Report 2024 12 September 2025 The Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER)...
mpgoede
Sep 12, 20252 min read


Generations as Dividers
Generations as Dividers 13 September 2025 Another powerful divider in society is the generation gap. A generational gap has existed...
mpgoede
Sep 12, 20252 min read


Public Annual Report of the VDC: But Why?
Public Annual Report of the VDC: But Why? 12 September 2025 Recently, I read the 2024 annual report of the Curaçao Security Service...
mpgoede
Sep 11, 20251 min read


Politics: From Noble Art to Divider
Politics: From Noble Art to Divider 11 september 2025 One of the greatest disconnectors and dividers today is politics. It wasn’t...
mpgoede
Sep 11, 20252 min read


The Great Illusion of Connection
The Great Illusion of Connection 10 September 2025 We live in an era of smartphones and social media. Perhaps the most incredible...
mpgoede
Sep 9, 20251 min read


Curaçao and the AI Hype: Façades or Future?
Curaçao and the AI Hype: Façades or Future? 9 September 2025 On Saturday, 6 September 2025, with the help of AI, I read...
mpgoede
Sep 8, 20252 min read


Sports and Festivals Connect: The Blue Wave
Sports and Festivals Connect: The Blue Wave 8 September 2025 It is Friday, September 5, 2025. In a few hours, the Curaçao national...
mpgoede
Sep 7, 20251 min read


Infrastructure Connects Us
Infrastructure Connects Us 7 September 2025 Infrastructure and utilities form the hardware of connection. They are so present, so...
mpgoede
Sep 6, 20251 min read


Why Curaçao’s future depends on healing emotions, not self-interest
Why Curaçao’s future depends on healing emotions, not self-interest 6 September 2025 We often ask: what really connects people? Most...
mpgoede
Sep 6, 20251 min read


Work Connects
Work Connects 5 September 2025 It’s easy to see how everything is connected when it comes to electricity and communication. Add money...
mpgoede
Sep 5, 20251 min read


Everything is Connected
Everything is Connected 4 September 2025 One blackout is enough to remind us: everything is connected. When the lights go out on the...
mpgoede
Sep 4, 20252 min read


AI: Between Promise and Peril
AI: Between Promise and Peril 3 September 2025 Artificial Intelligence is one of the most exciting and disruptive innovations of our...
mpgoede
Sep 2, 20253 min read


Everything is connected
Everything is connected 2 September 2025 Many years ago, in the eighties, I heard that everything is connected. That we are one. It...
mpgoede
Sep 2, 20252 min read


The loss of Institutional Memory in Curaçao
The loss of Institutional Memory in Curaçao 1 September 2025 On Friday, August 29, 2025, the Parliament of Curaçao adopted a motion...
mpgoede
Sep 1, 20252 min read


AI and Leadership
AI and Leadership 31 August 2025 I wrote this blog stating that AI is a serious menace to intelligence. It triggered reactions. The...
mpgoede
Aug 31, 20253 min read


De politie-kogel en de samenleving
De politie-kogel en de samenleving 23 augustus 2025 Met dit blog sluit ik de bundel Bruá en Prufiá af. Het zijn meer dan 300...
mpgoede
Aug 23, 20253 min read


Generaties: sociologie, psychologie en marketing
Generaties: sociologie, psychologie en marketing 22 augustus 2025 Vanaf de babyboomers (geboren 1946–1964) zien we een toenemende...
mpgoede
Aug 22, 20252 min read


Stilte voor de storm
Stilte voor de storm 21 augustus 2025 Het bureauwerk zit erop. Mijn wekelijkse intervisiesessie is afgezegd. Dus grijp ik onderweg...
mpgoede
Aug 20, 20252 min read


Feest te midden van stormen
Feest te midden van stormen 20 augustus 2025 In de tussentijd liggen de meest geavanceerde vliegdekschepen in de Caribische wateren,...
mpgoede
Aug 20, 20251 min read
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