Public Policy – Page 50 – Schirach Report

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...

Financial Analyst Meredith Whitney Points Out That After The Detroit Bankruptcy Pensions Are Fair Game At the root of municipal fiscal crises we find over generous pensions offered to public employees. Expect cuts in order to rebalance local finances

By Paolo von Schirach July 24, 2013 WASHINGTON – Meredith Whitney saw it coming. Back in 2010 she warned about...

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...

Despite All, US Likely To Stay Number One When It Comes To Innovation And Enterprise Publisher Rupert Murdoch bullish on America. Indeed this country still has a pro-growth eco-system that others cannot replicate

By Paolo von Schirach July 21, 2013 WASHINGTON – On April 6, media expert Marvin Kalb, and host of...

Italian Senator Roberto Calderoli Said That Congo-Born Minister Kyenge Looks Like An Orang-utan This is just a vulgar manifestation of widespread racism. At its roots is the impossibilty to assimilate mostly poor and uneducated African immigrants in Europe

By Paolo von Schirach July 19, 2013 WASHINGTON – So, on top of everything else — sky-high debt, record...

America Is Beginning to Use Domestic, Cheap Natural Gas As Transportation Fuel Idea pushed by the Pickens Plan. Shift will amount to cutting oil imports, while using a cheaper and cleaner domestic fuel

By Paolo von Schirach July 17, 2013 WASHINGTON – The only real bright spot in the otherwise uninspiring scenario of the...

Washington Choked By Political Paralysis; But US Metro Areas Are Busy Laboratories Of Innovation Bruce Katz of Brookings explains how the action has shifted to large American cities. They are now leading in research and creative public policies

By Paolo von Schirach July 12, 2103 WASHINGTON– Looking at America from Washington, there is little to be cheerful...

While Rome Makes No Progress In Cutting Red Ink, S&P Downgraded Italy’s Debt New BBB rate is not a catastrophe; but it is yet another step in the wrong direction

By Paolo von Schirach Realted story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/07/09/martin-feldsteins-recipe-for-southern-europe-stimulus-now-but-combined-with-credible-public-spending-cuts/ July 10, 2013 WASHINGTON – Very recently I commented (see link above...

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...