Italian Prime Minister Monti Cannot Do Magic – Bond Yields Are Up Again, The Economy Is In Recession, And Unpopular Reforms Are Stuck By Paolo von Schirach June 14, 2012 WASHINGTON – The Wall Street Journal seems to be somewhat...
Spanish Banks Get $ 125 Billion EU Bailout – But Investors Bet Against Spanish Debt – Yield On 10 Year Spanish Bonds Reach Historic High By Paolo von Schirach June 12, 2012 WASHINGTON – Spain finally agreed to get a hefty $...
Difficult To Reconcile Democracy And the Speedy Execution Of Major Public Projects – The Case Of the Light Rail Connecting Washington DC And Its Airport: It Took 30 Years To Reach An Agreement On How To Do It By Paolo von Schirach June 11, 2012 WASHINGTON – Think of it: it has taken 30 years...
Europe Cannot Take Bold Steps To Either Seriously Integrate Or Force the Weak Out – It Will Continue With Small Steps That Will Ensure A Perennially Smoldering Crisis By Paolo von Schirach June 7, 2012 WASHINGTON – Mario Draghi, the President of the European Central...
The US Natural Gas Revolution Increases Employment In The Energy Sector – It Will Also Help Overall Economic Growth – A Welcome Boost By Paolo von Schirach May 27, 2012 WASHINGTON – The US shale gas revolution has already had...
Obama Attacks Romney As A Successful Capitalist – This Means That His Strategists Believe That Attacking Private Enterprise Is The Way Win To This Election – Attacking Capitalism A Good Strategy, In America? By Paolo von Schirach May 26, 2012 WASHINGTON – Obama and his surrogates keep attacking Mitt Romney’s...
Will Greece Finally Exit The Euro? – Economy Is Too Weak – Current Austerity Focused On Higher Taxes, While Keeping A Huge Public Sector Makes Things Worse – Expect No Growth By Paolo von Schirach May 24, 2012 WASHINGTON – The unmentionable is now openly talked about. Greece...
Obama Failed To See How Bad The Economy Was – Besides, His Instincts Are Not Modern – His Focus Is On Social Protection, Not On Favoring Growth By Paolo von Schirach May 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – The US economy is growing, but very little....
In Chicago NATO Reaffirmed Its Role And The Willingness To Upgrade Its Forces – Very Nice, Except That It Is Not True, Given Shrinking Defense Budgets Across Europe By Paolo von Schirach May 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – The big news out of the Chicago NATO...
Divided Washington Will Not Enact Pro-Growth Policies – Anemic US Economy Does Not Grow Enough – More Like Europe By Paolo von Schirach May 7, 2012 WASHINGTON – Watching on C-SPAN, (the meritorious public affairs TV...