Italian Prime Minister Monti Cannot Do Magic – Bond Yields Are Up Again, The Economy Is In Recession, And Unpopular Reforms Are Stuck
By Paolo von Schirach June 14, 2012 WASHINGTON – The Wall Street Journal seems to be somewhat...
Tag: Development
Difficult To Reconcile Democracy And the Speedy Execution Of Major Public Projects – The Case Of the Light Rail Connecting Washington DC And Its Airport: It Took 30 Years To Reach An Agreement On How To Do It
By Paolo von Schirach June 11, 2012 WASHINGTON – Think of it: it has taken 30 years...
The US Natural Gas Revolution Increases Employment In The Energy Sector – It Will Also Help Overall Economic Growth – A Welcome Boost
By Paolo von Schirach May 27, 2012 WASHINGTON – The US shale gas revolution has already had...
Will Greece Finally Exit The Euro? – Economy Is Too Weak – Current Austerity Focused On Higher Taxes, While Keeping A Huge Public Sector Makes Things Worse – Expect No Growth
By Paolo von Schirach May 24, 2012 WASHINGTON – The unmentionable is now openly talked about. Greece...
Obama Failed To See How Bad The Economy Was – Besides, His Instincts Are Not Modern – His Focus Is On Social Protection, Not On Favoring Growth
By Paolo von Schirach May 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – The US economy is growing, but very little....
High Quality On Line Education Is A Democratic Revolution
[the-subtitle Soon enough millions will have access to knowledge until now restricted to very few. Tremendous impact on the...
The US-China Summit Became The Chen Guangcheng Event – Major International Publicity For Human Rights Story Highlights China’s Dilemma: When Will Political Reforms Be On The Agenda?
By Paolo von Schirach May 5, 2012 WASHINGTON – The long scheduled US-China Summit in Beijing, part...
Chinese Magazine Caixin Advocates “Political Reform” – A Small Sign Of Big Changes To Come?
By Paolo von Schirach March 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – There is a new ferment in China as...
On World Water Day Secretary Clinton Tells Us That Water Scarcity Is A National Security Concern – The Challenges Of Conservation And Purification – Can We Have Enough For 7 Billion?
By Paolo von Schirach March 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – It is World Water Day. Let’s think for...
Development Work Should Be About Economic Growth, Not About “Poverty Alleviation” – Part 1 Good economic conditions are the result of skills and enterprise. Nothing to do with being "fortunate"
WASHINGTON – International development is generally defined by practitioners of this craft as “the fight against poverty“. I totally...