Critics of Rogoff-Reinhart Argue That High Levels Of Debt Do Not Produce Ill Effects – So, Let’s Go Ahead And Borrow Some More By Paolo von Schirach April 30, 2013 WASHINGTON – Economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart came up with a...
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...
Obama Presented His State-Led Policy Agenda – Rubio Proposed The GOP Alternative – Good Message, But An Ill At Ease Messenger Who Seemed At Times Overwhelmed By Paolo von Schirach February 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – Only hubris can explain the obvious disconnect between...
America Stagnates – Global Competition And Lack Of Pro-Growth Tax Policies Stifle The Economy – Urgent Need Of Policy Changes; Will The President Lead? By Paolo von Schirach February 7, 2013 WASHINGTON – The American economy has yet to recover from...
America’s Problem: Half The Country No Longer Believes In The Virtues Of Free Market Capitalism More entitlements seem more appealing. However, low growth and high spending will inevitably lead to national decline; just like in Europe WASHINGTON – America’s biggest problem –as the recent presidential elections have demonstrated– is that a bit more than half...
Praise For Mario Draghi Is A Way To Forget That Europe’s Structural Economic Problems Have Not Been Fixed – The Financial Situation Is Much Better; But The Economies Of Southern Europe Remain Hopelessly Weak By Paolo von Schirach January 20, 2013 WASHINGTON – I am really worried about too much praise...
Europe Avoided Disaster – But The Economies Are Fragile And So Are The EU Institutions – Expect Current Weakness To Continue By Paolo von Schirach January 15, 2013 WASHINGTON – These days in Europe there is a far...
Americans Now Believe That They Live In An Unfair Society In Which The Rich Have Rigged The System – Time To Do Our Best To Reinstate The Old Belief In America As “Opportunity Society” With Open Access To All By Paolo von Schirach December 28, 2012 WASHINGTON – True or not, the Occupy Wall street protest...
Monti Has No Chance To Become Italy’s Elected Prime Minister The Italians Like Politicians Who Promise Jobs and Welfare For All. Sadly they understood nothing about what caused the debt crisis WASHINGTON – With his (typically Italian) hints and hesitations as to whether he will or will not be...
An Urgent Appeal By Elder Statesmen: Out Of Control US Federal Debt Will Undermine American National Security U.S. national security in the 21st century rests on both economic...