The Silly “Stimulus v. Austerity” Debate Goes On And On – But It Is Useless WASHINGTON – The surprisingly resilient “austerity versus stimulus” political diatribe continues –with no end in sight. What is the...
The New Knowledge Economy Will Benefit Only Few Highly Skilled Professionals – All The Others Will Have To Fight For Fewer And Lower Paid Jobs By Paolo von Schirach April 26, 2013 WASHINGTON – The globalized knowledge economy truly benefits only the highly educated,...
Felix Rohatyn Warns Of Looming Fiscal Crisis Affecting US State and Local Governments – Political Agreement Needed By Paolo von Schirach April 25, 2013 WASHINGTON – Felix Rohatyn, veteran investment banker (and former Ambassador to France), knows...
Europe’s Problems Go Way Beyond How To Deal With Austerity – The EU Should Seriously Rethink Who Belongs and Who Does Not – The Poor South Will Never Catch Up By Paolo von Schirach April 24, 2013 WASHINGTON – Recently the WSJ provided a lengthy insight into Germany’s role...
Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Should Be Treated As An Enemy Combatant, So That He Can Be Interrogated Without Constitutional Protections – The US Gov Needs To Know The Whole Story By Paolo von Schirach Aprile 22, 2013 WASHINGTON – The media circus surrounding the aftermath of the Boston terror...
Thanks To Increased Use Of Natural Gas For Power Generation The US Reduced Its CO2 Emissions – But Nobody Rejoyces, As This Shift Is Due To Natural Gas Produced Via Fracking,Yet Another Evil Carbon Source By Paolo von Schirach April 21, 2013 WASHINGTON – Guess what, uncouth America, the last refuge of the “let’s-fry-the-planet-who-cares-anyway” shameless oil...
After The Terror Attack, Boston Came To A Standstill – This Is Too Much – Acts Of Terror Are Awful, But We Should Let The Police Work While Life Continues By Paolo von Schirach April 20, 2013 WASHINGTON – The Boston Marathon bombing and its bloody aftermath tell us something...
“Defensive Medicine” And Sky High Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums Contribute To Out Of Control US Health Care Costs By Paolo von Schirach April 19, 2013 WASHINGTON – In the crazy stew of the US health care system, a...
Customer Satisfaction? Major Retailers May Give You Your Money Back, But They Do Not Bother To Ask You What The Issue Is – This Way The Learn Nothing And Fail To Fix Problems By Paolo von Schirach April 18, 2013 WASHINGTON – It is generally accepted that “quality” is critical in all...
China’s Debt Is Getting A Bad Grade – No Crisis, But Slow Fiscal Erosion Caused By Too Much Local Governments’ Borrowing Paolo von Schirach April 17, 2013 WASHINGTON – Is China in trouble? The current 7.7% growth rate, while very...