August 2011 – Schirach Report

The Center for Disease Control Found That Americans Drink Too Many Sugary Sodas – A Big Deal? Yes, Because Too Much Sugar Leads to Obesity, Type Two Diabetes And More – And A Bad Diet Practiced By Millions Ends Up Costing Billions

By Paolo von Schirach August 31, 2011 WASHINGTON – Washington think tanks and the US Congress through...

Steve Jobs Is A Great Innovator Within A Rich Tradition Of American Entrepreneurs – The Secret Is An Open, Flexible Business Friendly System That Breeds Innovation – So Unique That No One Managed To Replicate it

By Paolo von Schirach August 26, 2011 WASHINGTON – As Steve Jobs leaves Apple, predictably it is...

How Can America Create Incentives For Large Truck Operators To Switch To Natural Gas Vehicles? Tax Subsidies, And An “American Natural Gas Highway”, A network of Refueling Stations – Chesapeake Energy Is Leading With a $ 150 Million Investment in Clean Energy Fuels

By Paolo von Schirach August 21, 2011 WASHINGTON – America’s imported oil bill is about $ 400...

Berlusconi Promises Tough Budget Measures For Italy – Attempt To Avert Greek Style Debt Crisis – Good Show, But Do Not Count On Structural Public Spending Reforms – Italian System Is Incapable

By Paolo von Schirach August 15, 2011 WASHINGTON – The European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, praised...

Wall Street Mini Crash, Turmoil in Europe Indicate No Faith in Western Countries Economic Policies – Cost Of Welfare State Coupled With Weak Economies Caused Unsustainable Debt – We Need New Pro-Growth Economic Strategies

By Paolo von Schirach August 5, 2011 WASHINGTON – Whatever the mini stock market crash, ( minus...

Not All US Spending Is Bad – Public Investments in Infrastructure, DARPA, Basic Science R&D And Education are Good – But Impossible To Differentiate In A Climate in Which All Spending Is Either Bad Or Sacrosanct

By Paolo von Schirach August 3, 2011 WASHINGTON – In a piece in The Financial Times, (Washington’s...

Debt Deal Discounted, Dow Jones Tanked – Markets Consider Possible New Recession – The Issue is De-Leveraging, Says Mohamed El-Erian of PIMCO – US Wants Foreign Entrepreneurs To Rescue America – Good Policy, But It Will Take Time

By Paolo von Schirach August 2, 2011 WASHINGTON – Whatever magic the August 2 Boehner-Reid-McConnell debt deal...

Boehner, Reid and McConnell Got a Deal To Raise the Debt Ceiling – An Unremarkable Spending Cuts Agreement That Changes Nothing Regarding The Direction Of US Spending – America Needs Serious Entitlement Reform – But The Politicians Will Procrastinate

By Paolo von Schirach August 1, 2011 WASHINGTON – And so, the last minute deal between Democrats...