Italian Prime Minister Monti Tells Young People To Be Flexible and Forget About Life Time Jobs Paolo von Schirach February 2, 2012 WASHINGTON– Crusty economics professor Mario Monti, the non political Prime Minister of terminally...
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Has A Bold Education Reform Agenda: School Choice, Parental Controls, And Teachers Accountability [the-subtitle At stake is the future of many low income children who now get a poor education or none...
Attempts At Injecting New Vigor Into The Atlantic Community Linking America And Europe Will Fail – US Short Of Breath, EU In Serious Trouble – Societies In Decline Are Inward Looking – No Interest In Cooperation By Paolo von Schirach January 31, 2012 WASHINGTON – Wolfgang Ischinger, former German Deputy Foreign Minister, Igor...
America Needs More Innovation – Fort Collins In Colorado Shows How It Can Be Done A good university, an "Innovation Hub" and a proactive local government created the foundations. Multinationals have taken notice WASHINGTON – Whatever will be said and promised in this difficult and already acrimonious 2012 political campaign, America’s long-term...
Rick Perry Says That Turkey Is Run By “Islamic Terrorists” – He Also Added That Its Standing In NATO Should Be Reviewed – How Irresponsibly Ignorant Can a Presidential Candidate Be? Apparently There Is No Limit By Paolo von Schirach January 17, 2012 WASHINGTON – The only mildly reassuring thing about Texas Governor...
Greek Bonds At 34%, While Default Is Considered Now An Option – EU Failed To Fix A Relatively Small Problem, While Moving Slowly Towards A Fiscal Compact – Are The Europeans Serious? By Paolo von Schirach January 15, 2012 WASHINGTON – A sad but powerful illustration of EU indecisiveness...
S&P Downgraded France, Half The Eurozone, Citing Inadequate EU Policies – In Italy Lack Of A Long Term Growth Strategy, While Corruption And Bad Governance Linger By Paolo von Schirach January 13, 2012 WASHINGTON – Only yesterday the international business media sounded very...
The End Of US Upward Mobility? Economic Stagnation, Growing Inequality A nasty political battle is shaping. Who will rebuild America? WASHINGTON – Good-bye Horatio Alger, and good-bye to all the (mostly but not entirely) mythical “rags to riches”...
The Connection Between Iran’s Threat To Close The Straits Of Hormuz And The TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline Is US Energy Security – Get Oil From Canada, Not From The Gulf By Paolo von Schirach January 4, 2011 WASHINGTON – Is there a connection between Iranian bluster and threats that...
Indian Parliament Did Not Pass New Anti-Corruption Bill – Major Defeat For Prime Minister Singh – Bad News For India In Need Of Sound Pro-Growth Policies – Activist Anna Hazare Will Continue Fight By Paolo von Schirach January 2, 2011 WASHINGTON – A bit like America, India is stuck in the mud...