How Will Macron Govern France? Untested new president must prove he can lead
WASHINGTON – Emmanuel Macron’s meteoric ascendance –literally from nothing prior to a short stint in the Hollande administration, to...
Category: Economy
The Dream Of New U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Millions of jobs moved to China and elsewhere in Asia years ago. They are not coming back to America.
WASHINGTON – We know that President Donald Trump pledged to renegotiate (supposedly unfair) trade agreements worldwide with the goal...
Wanted: Credible Centrist Political Leaders There are non partisan elected officials who can propose an agenda of growth and opportunity for America
WASHINGTON – Recently, a Democratic party elected leader of national renown argued in a public forum that in order...
Wellness Programs Will Transform US Health care Doctors should be rewarded for teaching people how to stay healthy
WASHINGTON – Undoing Obamacare is proving to be a lot more complicated than what confident President Trump (and the...
Facing Low Oil Prices Exxon Is Looking For New Strategies The current oil glut makes many conventional oil project uneconomical
WASHINGTON – Major oil companies are in deep trouble. Too much global supply means lower crude prices. If this...
No Economic Growth Without Clear Property Rights How to turn dead capital into an engine of development
WASHINGTON – The almost unanimous mission statement of key International Financial Institutions (IFIs) devoted to development, along with national...
The Obama Foreign Policy Record Hesitation and retreat mark Obama's eight year in office
WASHINGTON – The almost universally accepted narrative dished out daily by the serious, high brow U.S. media is that come...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 2 No progress without focus on what it takes to foster enterprise and growth
WASHINGTON – International development practitioners focus on policies through which they can eliminate or alleviate poverty, the visible manifestation of...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 1 Development practitioners wrongly believe that poverty can be eliminated without building robust enterprises
WASHINGTON – International development is generally defined by practitioners of this craft as “the fight against poverty“. I totally disagree...
US Public Education In Crisis Latest PISA scores underline the failures of U.S. public education
WASHINGTON – The international student proficiency scores gathered under the auspices of the Program for International Student Assessment, (also...