Hyper Regulated US Solar Energy In the US, lawyers, not engineers, are the best renewable energy consultants WASHINGTON – Recently I read a very good piece on the future of solar power in the United States....
Chris Christie’s Economic Agenda Is Just Common Sense How can a plain pro-growth recipe be controversial? WASHINGTON – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a likely Republican White House contender, laid out his fiscal and economic reforms...
How Bad Is The Chinese Economy? Recent central bank moves and stories from China point to a larger crisis WASHINGTON – China’s economy is sputtering. There are plenty of bad signs, beginning with slower growth, declining trade figures, and rising numbers...
In The New Economic Normal, Bad Is Actually Good We are told that barely growing Europe is actually doing well WASHINGTON – The worst part of the economic “new normal” created by the massive central banks interventions is that we...
David Cameron Won – But Britain’s Future Remains Uncertain Scotland wants independence, while the UK economy is still under performing WASHINGTON – After the surprise Conservative victory in the May 7 British national elections, David Cameron can feel vindicated....
More Jobs in Italy? Not really The unemployment rate is still 12.7%. Among young people in the south it is 60% WASHINGTON – The Italian government just released figures related to new jobs created most likely on account of new...
If The US Economy Slows Down, Hillary Clinton Will Not Be Elected America is not doing well. If this tepid recovery stops before the 2016 election, almost impossible for any Democrat to be elected president WASHINGTON – If we go back to the 2012 presidential campaign, the brilliance of the Obama team was in...
In China The Economy Is Still Run By The State The Economist magazine discussed economic reforms without even mentioning the Chinese Communist Party WASHINGTON – The highly regarded The Economist weekly magazine has a Leader (we call it Editorial in America) about...
Europe Sliding Into Irrelevance High debt, no innovation, and no opportunity paint a grim picture. Draghi's QE will solve nothing WASHINGTON – Here is today’s Europe. Stagnating economies, non-existent innovation, high debt caused by unaffordable pensions and other...
No Real Economic Reforms In China The Communist Party needs to control the economy, in order to stay in power WASHINGTON – Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, with all his government and Goldman Sachs private sector expertise, (he was...