Fight Global Warming With Disruptive Innovation – Not Mandates WASHINGTON – The Paris event on climate change will probably yield nothing really concrete. The fact is that, despite...
Argentina Chose Mauricio Macri, A Pro-Business Leader The new President faces huge challenges. Reforms will be difficult WASHINGTON – After 12 years of semi-deranged left wing populism managed by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the political heir...
Japanese Women Still Excluded From Management Positions A state funded scheme that would pay small firms that promote women had just one application WASHINGTON – One of the key promises of “Abenomics”, the far-reaching economic reforms package put forth by Prime Minister...
All Is Well In China? According to a major consultancy, nothing out of the ordinary in the Chinese economy WASHINGTON – A detailed report prepared by a major Western international economic consultancy pointed out that the doomsday predictions...
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...
Italy Still In Crisis, But Some Media Are In Denial Headlines about declining public debt are delusional or deceptive WASHINGTON – Sometimes I wonder where is the boundary between self-deception and willful manipulation. Are some media in free...
Who Believes China’s Official Economic Statistics? The Chinese clearly publish false data. What we do not know is how big their lies really are WASHINGTON – We all know that China’s economy is slowing down. The Chinese government itself announced this. What we...
WSJ: Chinese Economy Not Fixed Overproduction, too much debt and bad loans WASHINGTON – “Chinese factories continue to pump out too much steel, glass, cement and other items even as they...
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...
Thanks To The Central Banks, The Equity Bubble Is Getting Bigger Governments are not engaging in serious economic policy reforms. Central bankers keep pumping in more liquidity. What will happen next? WASHINGTON – Imagine this. There are lots of chronically sick patients in the hospital. Many of them are deteriorating...