S&P Downgraded Italy to Negative – Cites Inability to Tackle Debt Now at 125% of GDP
By Paolo von Schirach May 21, 2011 WASHINGTON– The list of sick Euro-zone countries, comprising now Greece,...
Category: Economy
Strauss-Kahn’s IMF and the EU-ECB Had it Wrong on Greece – Yet the Inclination Is to Throw More Credits at Virtually Bankrupt Greece
By Paolo von Schirach May 19, 2011 WASHINGTON– Aside from his current and rather extraordinary “legal problems”,...
Illinois Governor Quinn to Sign Landmark Education Bill, Teachers Accountability Introduced, Unions Power Reduced – Along With Indiana Law, Boost for US School Reform Movement
By Paolo von Schirach May 13, 2011 WASHINGTON – The urge to transform secondary schools systems in...
US Energy Policy? Senator Schumer Lecturing ConocoPhillips CEO Mulva on Taxes US Can Do Better: Conservation, Bus Rapid Transit, Electric and Natural Gas Powered Vehicles To Reduce Oil Imports
WASHINGTON– Question: what do American law makers do when people are anxious about high gasoline prices? Answer: Theatre. During...
US May Pass Natural Gas Legislation – This Would Kickstart Conversion to Gas as Transportation Fuel
by Paolo von Schirach May 5, 2011 WASHINGTON – Long after the “Drill, Baby Drill” populist slogans...
Bin Laden Operation Shows How to Conduct Anti-Terrorism against al Qaeda: Intelligence and Navy SEAL Units – US Military Occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq Simply not the Right Tool
by Paolo von Schirach May 4, 2011 WASHINGTON– I have already said that killing Osama bin Laden...
The Arab Spring Outcome Will Be Decided by Economic Reforms That Will Spur Growth
by Paolo von Schirach May 1, 2011 WASHINGTON– The Arab Spring is still unfolding –and not neatly....
Standard & Poor’s Downgraded US Outlook – America in Decline Accepts “Negative” as “The New Normal”
by Paolo von Schirach April 20, 2011 WASHINGTON– The US sovereign debt outlook was just downgraded from...
Paul Ryan, “Path to Prosperity”, And How To Change American Bad Health Habits Halvorson of Kaiser Permanente has a recipe
WASHINGTON – Here is a riddle for you. What’s the connection between the US looming fiscal crisis, the 2011-2012...
After Bowles-Simpson, House Budget Chair Paul Ryan Comes Forward With a Serious Fiscal Reform Plan
by Paolo von Schirach April 4, 2011 WASHINGTON – While the silly posturing on budget cuts to...