July 2012 – Schirach Report

Gigantic Power Failure Affected 620 Million Indians – The Worst Blackout In History – Time For India’s Policy Makers To Get Serious About Pro-Development Policies, Starting With New Infrastructure And Modern Regulations

By Paolo von Schirach Related stories: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/06/04/india-stopped-growing-political-paralysis-inefficient-services-impede-investments-the-indian-poor-will-stay-poor-for-much-longer/ https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2011/12/19/india-will-not-liberalise-retailing-country-will-keep-ancient-food-distribution-system-failure-to-carry-out-this-and-other-needed-reforms-may-doom-growth/ https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2011/12/03/not-so-modern-india-country-choked-by-political-gridlock-corruption-and-vast-inefficiencies-very-low-132-world-bank-doing-business-score-opposition-to-recent-decision-to-let-in-internatio/ July 31, 2012 WASHINGTON – Power blackouts do...

In An Opinion Piece Former Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice Outlined US Foreign Policy Priorities – Most Notable: Europe Hardly Mentioned At All – By This Incredible Omission We Can Conclude That The Atlantic Community Is As Good As Dead – No Obituary, But An Era Ended

By Paolo von Schirach July 28, 2012 WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State and before that National...

The Roots Of Sustained Economic Development Rest On A State Of Mind – Values Shape Priorities And Actions

[the-subtitle Education about value systems and priorities conducive to growth is essential for shaping successful development strategies – Part...

The Roots Of Sustained Economic Development Rest On A State Of Mind – Classical Thinking Assumed Innate Economic Behavior – Today We Understand That Economic Progress Depends On Intangibles Such As Curiosity And Motivation – Part 5

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/07/25/the-roots-of-sustanined-economic-development-rest-on-a-state-of-mind-most-of-the-world-has-yet-to-experience-real-development-let-alone-understand-it-even-in-the-west-we-do-not-have-a-clear-econo/ July 26, 2012 WASHINGTON – This is the fifth installment...

The Roots Of Sustained Economic Development Rest On A State Of Mind – Most Of The World Has Yet To Experience Real Development, Let Alone Understand It – Even In The West We Do Not Have A Clear Economic Recipe That Can Be Embraced By All – Part 4

By Paolo von Schirach Related stories: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/07/20/the-roots-of-sustained-economic-development-rest-on-a-state-of-mind-in-the-west-we-need-economic-development-and-we-take-it-for-granted-but-we-have-no-consensus-on-how-to-promote-it-part-3-of-a-s/ July 25, 2012 WASHINGTON – This is the fourth installment...

The Aurora Movie Theatre Massacre Is About A Deranged Individual Who Could Easily Buy Guns – Almost Unrestricted Access To Weapons Is Part Of The American System – So, Let’s Not Act Surprised

By Paolo von Schirach July 21, 2012 WASHINGTON – Since in America almost anybody can buy guns...

The Roots Of Sustained Economic Development Rest On A State Of Mind – Only Those Who Can Conceive Positive Change Will Be Able To Embrace Development – Part 1

By Paolo von Schirach July 18, 2012 WASHINGTON – Let’s start with a basic notion: economic development...

In This Presidential Campaign “Anything Goes”, Including Willful Distortions – Pundits Have No Opinion On The Morality Of the Candidates – And We Are Supposed To Trust Presidents Who Fought Their Way Into Office Through Lies?

By Paolo von Schirach July 15, 2012 WASHINGTON – On a recent Sunday TV talk show on...

This Year The “Charlemagne Prize” Went To Wolfgang Shauble, German Minister Of Finance, In Recognition Of His Work For Europe – But A Coveted Prize Named After An Emperor Who Died In 814 A.D. Is Evidence That Europe Has No Modern Role Models – All This Shows The Poverty Of The European Idea

By Paolo von Schirach July 14, 2012 WASHINGTON– A couple of months ago, Dr. Wolfgang Schauble, German...

As An Open Society, America Had An Edge In Nurturing And Attracting Talent – But Now The Edge Is Gone, While Other Countries Try To Catch Up – From China To India And Even Saudi Arabia, They All Want To Nurture Innovators

By Paolo von Schirach July 13, 2012 WASHINGTON – “A free market in brainpower“. This is what...