International – Page 58 – Schirach Report

The Coup D’Etat In Egypt Is Not A Good Thing. Yet It May Lead To Good Changes Cairo is not Paris. There is no established democratic tradition in Egypt. Morsi was both arrogant and incompetent

By Paolo von Schirach July 5, 2013 WASHINGTON– It is really hard to have any regrets about the abrupt...

What Will Be the Political Consequences Of A Slowing Chinese Economy? Slower growth means dashed expectations. Will the Chinese people demand changes?

By Paolo von Schirach July 4, 2013 WASHINGTON – Is China in trouble? Hard to tell; but it looks...

As We Celebrate Another Fourth Of July, Let’s Remember That America’s Fate Rests On Our Shared Understanding Of The Common Good Our institutions have been created to make policy-making difficult. If extremists are too strong, they'll make sure that nothing gest done

By Paolo von Schirach July 3, 2013 WASHINGTON – Yes, tomorrow is the Fourth of July, the anniversary of...

Egypt: The End Of The Muslim Brotherhood Regime Does Not Mean The Country Will Get A Functioning Democracy Religious principles are no good guidance for economic management. But new secular rulers will also have an immense challenge. The Egyptian economy is semi-destroyed, while law and order have vanished

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/12/26/morsi-and-the-islamic-fundamentalists-will-not-last-in-egypt-still-enormous-challenges-for-future-secular-rulers-poverty-and-under-development-in-a-country-of-80-million/ July 2, 2013 WASHINGTON – A few months ago I did argue...

“Power Africa”: US Aid To Increase Electricity Production Finally Obama discovered that Africa needs electricity in order to have development. A long term commitment?

By Paolo von Schirach June 30, 2013 WASHINGTON – Back in 1998, while working on an export promotion project in...

Biased, Negative Reporting On UK Shale Gas Discoveries By Aljazeera TV TV network is owned by Qatar, a country whose only resource is natural gas

By Paolo von Schirach June 27, 2013 WASHINGTON – Talk about transparent bias. Al Jazeera TV has a vast...

Obama’s Speeches Not In Sync With America’s Deep Concerns Nuclear disarmament, gloabal warming are imporatnt issues but not on top of any list. Obama's grandiose pronouncements fall flat. President out of touch?

By Paolo von Schirach June 26, 2013 WASHINGTON – I notice a huge disconnect between the big concerns of the...

Will America Ever Become A Truly Color Blind Society? Affirmative action provisions have had the unintended consequence of reinforcing racial identity and prejudice

By Paolo von Schirach June 25, 2013 WASHINGTON – The only way to finally “resolve” the painfully complicated race...

Bank For International Settlements Annual Report Tells Central Bankers To Stop Trying To Fix Economic Policies The US Fed and the others should stick with monetary affairs. It is up to governments to deal with the macroeconomic picture. Sound advice but it will be ignored

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/06/20/bernanke-hinted-at-a-slow-phasing-out-of-qe3-and-markets-tanked-proving-that-we-have-a-fed-inspired-bull-market/ June 24, 2013 WASHINGTON – The Basel based Bank for International Settlements,...

A Tax Police Report Describes Widespread Tax Cheating Schemes in Italy Sadly millions of Italians use their talent to avoid taxes instead of concentrating on productive activities

By Paolo von Schirach June 22, 2013 WASHINGTON- Just like the rest of Southern Europe Italy is limping along,...