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The Obamacare Inept Launch Exposed Incompetence and Hubris The Obama technocrats believed that rolling out this gigantic pogram would be easy. Therefore nobody checked. And President Obama did not check because he believed he did not have to

By Paolo von Schirach November 15, 2013 WASHINGTON – Notwithstanding the non stop coverage about the website disaster, the health...

Beijing’s Leaders Will Engage Only In Modest Economic Reforms – The State Owned Enterprises Are Here To Stay This conservative course of action is about politics. The SOEs are instruments of power. Yet, long term, huge inefficiencies will hurt the economy

By Paolo von Schirach November 14, 2013 WASHINGTON – The much anticipated Chinese Communist Party Third Plenum did not produce...

Statins For Everybody In Order To Lower Cholesterol – However, Far Better Results Would Be Reached By Eliminating Cholesterol From Your Diet This is stupid America for you. We spend enormous sums of money on cures; but we do not even mention prevention. Cardiovascular diseases are the product of unhealthy life styles that can be changed

By Paolo von Schirach November 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – There are plenty of stories about the new recommendations to...

Not A Chance That California Will Meet Its Ambitious Low Emissions Targets A new study concluded that, even assuming the complete implementation of all fossil fuels curbs and green energy mandates, emissions will be essentially unchanged by 2050

By Paolo von Schirach November 12, 2013 WASHINGTON – An interesting WSJ editorial (California Green Reality Check, November 12,...

The Tea Party Has Become An Ideological, “Anti-Everything” Group – The Republican Party Needs A Strong Message Of Opportunity And Inclusiveness – Chris Christie Could Articulate It Ken Cuccinelli lost in Virginia in large part because he could not get women to vote for him. The conservative social values agenda is horribly outmoded

By Paolo von Schirach November 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – At the very beginning, the Tea Party insurgency had some...

No Deal Between Washington And Tehran On Nuclear Issues Does Iran want a genuine deal, or is it simply interested in winning a public relations battle leading to a softening of the economic sanctions regime?

By Paolo von Schirach November 10, 2013 WASHINGTON – The Geneva negotiations between the West and Tehran on Iran’s nuclear program...

Obamacare Is Not Going To Work As Intended Not enough young people joining the new system. This changes all economic calculations. This reform will end up costing a lot more than what the administration had stated

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/10/31/energy-health-care-big-public-policy-initiatives-fail-work-intended/ November 9, 2013 WASHINGTON – I wrote recently that, as a rule,...

Bangladesh Will Raise The Minimum Wage For Garment Workers To $ 67 –A Month Ultra cheap labor costs are the reason why T-shirts and other apparel made in Bangladesh are so inexpensive

By Paolo von Schirach November 8, 2013 WASHINGTON – If you ever wondered why Bangladesh is the second biggest apparel exporter...

Russia’s Xenophobia Blends In With Demographic Decline Russia is becoming a country of sick old people who fear the increasing numbers of non slavic immigrants

By Paolo von Schirach November 6, 2013 WASHINGTON – Xenophobic Russians are open about their plans to send back to...

Solar Lanterns Will Give Light To Africa Hundreds of millions in Africa have no electricity. They spend a lot of money to buy fuel for their kerosene lamps. Solar lanterns are cheaper and safer solutions

By Paolo von Schirach November 5, 2013 WASHINGTON – In the developed world we take affordable and reliable electricity...