“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...
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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...
New Background Checks Legislation Aimed At Reducing Gun Violence in America Is Almost Meaningless – There Are Just Too Many Guns Already In Circulation, While Criminals Know How To Get Weapons Illegally
By Paolo von Schirach April 15, 2013 WASHINGTON – The mass killing at the Sandy Hook School in Newtown...
Margaret Thatcher Won Many Battles, But Thatcherism Lost – The Western Societies She Wanted To Turn Around Believe In State Programs and Most of All Continue To Spend On Unaffordable Entitlement Programs
By Paolo von Schirach April 14, 2013 WASHINGTON – Margaret Thatcher is on the cover of The Economist with an...
By Adopting The Name Francis The New Pope Wants To Convey That The Church Is About The Poor – But The Name Alone Will Not Do It – St. Francis’ Life Is About Intense Faith – The Modern Church Is Run By Functionaries
By Paolo von Schirach April 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – There is always symbolism in the name chosen by a new...
President Obama Created A Solemn Moment During A White House Ceremony In Which The Medal Honor Was Awarded To Army Chaplain Emil Joseph Kapuan
By Paolo von Schirach April 12, 2013 WASHINGTON – Hard to convey in my own words a beautiful, indeed...
Obama’s Budget Includes Only Timid Entitlement Reforms – Dramatically Different Demographics Require Serious Restructuring – But Fear Of Political Backlash Prevents Action
By Paolo von Schirach April 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – Let’s keep this simple, Obama’s latest budget proposal indicates that this...
Subsidies To The Wind Power Sector Made It Less Efficient – Misguided Economic Policies Introduce Distortions That Undermine The Effective Use Of Scarce Resources – This Is The Triumph Of Politics Over Economics
By Paolo von Schirach April 6, 2013 WASHINGTON – A former wind power industry executive noted in a recent...
Bank Of Japan Will Inject Massive Amounts Of Liquidity – Central Bankers Are Trying To Revive Weak Economies All By Themselves – Desperate Attempts Will Do More Harm Than Good
By Paolo von Schirach April 5, 2013 WASHINGTON – As expected, Haruhiko Kuroda, new Bank of Japan Governor, announced...