To Beat China the US Needs To Believe In Itself
by Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON – “There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They...
Tag: Africa
Business in Africa goes through Morocco
by Paolo von Schirach – MARRAKECH – Thanks to a partnership agreement between the Corporate Council on Africa and...
Italy Overwhelmed by Poor African Immigrants economic and political refugees keep stream in, while Italy's native population is shrinking
WASHINGTON – Italy has two major demographic problems. Both of them carry bad outcomes. Italy is the destination of...
Unrealistic Plans To Stop African Migration Into Europe The creation of a mega infrastructure fund aimed at speeding up Africa's development will get you nowhere
WASHINGTON – How can Europe stop the endless tide of poor migrants arriving daily from Africa? Very simple, argues...
German Voters Fear Difficult To Assimilate Immigrants Popular rebellion against the liberal approach of Chancellor Angela Merkel
WASHINGTON – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her political allies just took a big hit in three states elections...
US Economy Slowing Down Stock prices still very high while the US economy is slowing amidts a deteriorating global economy
WASHINGTON – The US stock market, while not doing great, is still up. And yet the US economic outlook...
Africa’s Debt Is Back – Bigger Than Ever Commodity prices collapsed, currencies lost value. Hard to make interest payments
WASHINGTON – There was a time, about ten years ago, in which world-famous rock stars like Bono of U2...
EU Money To Stop African Migrants? The latest European plan is a sign of despair or stupidity
WASHINGTON – The EU-Africa Summit just held in Malta was supposed to lead to some kind of understanding between...
Solar Energy Coming to Africa The revolution is underway
WASHINGTON – A few months ago, a photograph of a little Asian child sitting next to a city lamp...
Where Is The New African Middle Class? Rosy predictions failed to materialize. Lack of basic resources like electricity prevent a real economic take-off
WASHINGTON – In a recent article focusing on why the African middle class is still rather small, The Economist...