Author: Barry D. Wood
Barry D. Wood is a writer, teacher and journalist in Washington, DC. His focus is the global economy and financial markets. He has reported from 60 countries and specializes in US China relations, Eastern Europe and Southern Africa. His 2017 book is Exploring New Europe, A Bicycle Journey.
Letter from Zimbabwe: Hard Times and No Prospect of Relief
By Barry D. Wood HARARE, Zimbabwe: Joy has turned to despair in Zimbabwe. The optimism that greeted the coup that ousted tyrant Robert Mugabe in November 2017 vanished this January amid army bullets and beatings against citizens protesting a doubling of fuel prices. Zimbabweans had dared to hope that the coup plotters who were Mugabe loyalists for three decades had broken with his repressive ways, … Continue reading Letter from Zimbabwe: Hard Times and No Prospect of Relief
Judith Todd and a Confused, Complicated Zimbabwe
By Barry D. Wood BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: Veteran human rights activist Judith Todd is deeply distressed by the deaths, macabre beatings, and arrests of hundreds of Zimbabweans following demonstrations earlier this month against a doubling of fuel prices. But Todd says the situation since January 14th “is confused and complicated with few angels on either side.” To the dismay of some, she declines to place sole … Continue reading Judith Todd and a Confused, Complicated Zimbabwe
Public Relations Deserves its Bad Rap
WASHINGTON: On November 26thGeneral Motors announced it was closing five plants in the US and Canada, dismissing 14,000 employees. But GM chose to obfuscate what should have been straight-forward information. A three-page press release bore the misleading title, “General Motors Accelerates Transformation.” the words “closing” and “layoffs” were never used. Indeed, that news is buried, appearing nonsensically midway down the second page. To avoid speaking … Continue reading Public Relations Deserves its Bad Rap
David Rubenstein’s Investing Mistakes
Carlyle Group co-founder and philanthropist David Rubenstein is a Washington, DC billionaire who readily admits to having made some investing mistakes. Two of them, he reveals in this brief video, were Facebook and Amazon. Continue reading David Rubenstein’s Investing Mistakes
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