# Professor and Dean Emeritus Peter Henry discusses the connection between politics and reggae music in Jamaica

1 Faculty News October 4, 2019 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/keep-de-rates-dem-lowjamaica-sets-inflation-fight-to-reggae-beat-11570199659) -- "Under Mr. Manley’s leadership, Jamaica began borrowing heavily to pay for social programs, setting the stage for Jamaica’s recent fiscal struggles, according to [Peter Henry](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/peter-henry), a Jamaican-born economist and former dean of New York University’s business school."

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