Morocco’s Road to Development
by Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – Morocco: here is a North African economy working hard to promote domestic...
Tag: Economic Growth
The Coronavirus Recession and Elections
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – After a rather bad start, President Donald Trump is now doing a...
Millions Can Hardly Get By In Full Employment America
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – Especially if compared to barely alive, anemic Europe, America’s GDP and employment...
No Economic Growth Without Clear Property Rights How to turn dead capital into an engine of development
WASHINGTON – The almost unanimous mission statement of key International Financial Institutions (IFIs) devoted to development, along with national...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 2 No progress without focus on what it takes to foster enterprise and growth
WASHINGTON – International development practitioners focus on policies through which they can eliminate or alleviate poverty, the visible manifestation of...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 1 Development practitioners wrongly believe that poverty can be eliminated without building robust enterprises
WASHINGTON – International development is generally defined by practitioners of this craft as “the fight against poverty“. I totally disagree...
How The US Fed Damaged The American Economy Too many years of zero interest rates caused a stock market bubble
WASHINGTON – I indicated a while back that whoever would be elected President of the United States on November...
First Comes Growth Then New Jobs in our politically correct word jobs can be willed into place, whatever the economic fundamentals
WASHINGTON – Every day I walk by a giant banner hanging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce imposing building...
Can Brexit Be Reversed? Many Britons regret voting Leave. A new deal with Brussels may justify a new referendum
WASHINGTON – Looking at the reactions of sadness and disbelief in Britain to the results of the Brexit vote,...
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...