US: Big Problems Require Long Term Solutions The political process mostly rewards quick fixes
WASHINGTON – America is slowly getting into its political campaign mode. The 2016 presidential elections are getting closer; even though,...
Category: Economy
The Financial Times Paints Rosy Picture Of Spain’s Economic Tragedy A recent story focused on higher economic growth. It deliberately downplays Spain's 24% unemployment rate
WASHINGTON – The Financial Times is read by top executives and business leaders. And this is because supposedly it is...
US EPA: Fracking Does Not Create Systemic Water Safety Risks A lenghty report indicates that a few recorded accidents are due to faulty well construction
WASHINGTON – After years of research and analysis, a 1,399 page US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report concluded that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is safe....
No Good Cities In Developing Countries Chaotic urbaniization means epic traffic and poor services
WASHINGTON – Many emerging countries have made progress in their own economic development. Growth is up, poverty is down. And...
China Exports Excess Capacity Below Cost US producers displaced by Chinese dumping
WASHINGTON – In order to build strong defenses against the ill effects of the 2008 Great Recession China launched a...
THE US Shale Industry Survived Oil Prices Collapse High cost producers managed to increase productivity
WASHINGTON – When oil prices suddenly collapsed, going from $ 100 per barrel to $ 50 or less, the almost...
Can Greece Be Saved? Negotiators still believe that there is a "solution" that will allow Greece to stay in the Eurozone and pay its debts
WASHINGTON – The latest round of negotiations aimed at solving the Greek crisis (Yes, 6 years later we are...
Up to 19 Years To Build A Highway Too much bureaucracy, too many overlapping jurisdictions
WASHINGTON – In country X “New highway projects can require up to 200 regulatory steps and take between 9...
Hyper Regulated US Solar Energy In the US, lawyers, not engineers, are the best renewable energy consultants
WASHINGTON – Recently I read a very good piece on the future of solar power in the United States....
US Stocks Rise Because Of Bad Economic News? A mediocre economy means that stocks continue to benefit from zero interets rates
WASHINGTON – Here is a clear economic news non sequitur, now considered “normal”, as financial markets lost any connection with the real...