International – Page 56 – Schirach Report

Eurozone Grows By 0.3%, The Business Media Call This A True Recovery. Are They Kidding Themselves? Northern Europe is doing alright. But The South and the East belong to a different Continent

By Paolo von Schirach August 14, 2013 WASHINGTON – Great economic news from Europe? Hardly. But the almost enthusiastic headlines...

Mexico Will Amend Its Constitution, Allowing Foreign Companies To Invest In Its Energy Sector Great news for Mexico, for the US and for the world. The losers are Russia and the OPEC cartel

By Paolo von Schirach August 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – If I were Vladimir Putin or Ali al-Naimi, Saudi Minister of Petroleum,...

Elon Musk, Tesla Motors’ Founder, Came to America Because He Believed That This Country Would Offer Opportunity Policy-makers should do their best to improve America's pro-business, pro-innovation environment. This is our edge

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/08/07/electric-cars-are-not-selling-well-but-quality-will-improve-for-heavy-trucks-though-the-future-fuel-is-natural-gas-not-electricity/ August 12, 2013 WASHINGTON – I wrote recently that it is going to...

Can China Fix Its Environmental Disaster? Enormous sums will be spent; yet it may be too late. Lower economic growth will have political consequences

By Paolo von Schirach August 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – China is indeed “The World’s Worst Polluter“, as The Economist newsmagazine...

The State Is Not A Competent Entrepreneur – Huge Distinction Between Awarding Grants And Running Companies A recent review of the book "The Entrepreneurial State" may engender confusion between the two, quite separate, activities

By Paolo von Schirach August 5, 2013 WASHINGTON – “The state is the real engine of innovation“. Under this...

Americans Have Discovered Hummus – Growing Sales For The Sabra Brand Virginia farmers may soon grow chickpeas instead of tobacco. A win-win-win proposition for consumers, for industry and for growers

By Paolo von Schirach August 4, 2013 WASHINGTON – For once there seems to be a positive connection between healthier...

The Bad “Lesson” of The EU Debt Crisis Is That There Will Always Be A Bailout Other underperforming European economies know that there is a safety net. But this creates no incentive to really improve the fundamentals

By Paolo von Schirach July 31, 2013 WASHINGTON – The situation in Europe turned from really dramatic into just...

Walking Around The Beautiful Wesley Heights Neighborhood In Washington, DC; But The Streets Are Totally Deserted – Why Is That? No walking around means no opportunity for new encounters and new relationships. High achievers do not mingle. What a pity

By Paolo von Schirach July 28, 2013 WASHINGTON – I live in a lovely, green neighborhood in North West...

Green Shoots In Europe? Not Until It Will Create Innovative Economies Southern Europe lacks a business friendly political culture, itself the precursor for a pro-innovation eco-system

By Paolo von Schirach July 27, 2013 WASHINGTON – The international business and financial media are desperately trying to...

China’s Government Keeps Afloat Money Losing Corporations With Easy Credit Much of China's economy is now inefficient. Fake statistics and "political " loans hide the truth

By Paolo von Schirach July 23, 2013 WASHINGTON – Imagine for a moment that penniless Detroit had not been forced...