U.S. Venture Capital is Now in the High-Tech Weapons Business
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – The Wall Street Journal recently featured Anduril, a defense start-up company and its...
Tag: Economy
South Africa’s Solar Boom
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – The African National Congress, South Africa’s governing party since 1994, is a...
The Vertical Urban Farming Revolution
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – Soon enough the lettuce or kale that you buy at your favorite...
Uber Driverless EVs: The Urban Transportation Revolution
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – The promise of electric vehicles, EVs, is that they will do away...
To Beat China the US Needs To Believe In Itself
by Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON – “There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They...
Humiliated Putin Doubles Down in Ukraine: Expect a Long War
by Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON – The surprise pre-Christmas visit to Washington by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with...
America’s Economy: Stagnation and Inequality, A Bad Mix There is no significant innovation while income disparities are reaching Latin American levels. Politicians have no new ideas
WASHINGTON – Capitalism is still by far the best economic system we know. But it is not as good...
China’s Government Manipulating Official Statistics? Private forecasters indicate that China's actual GDP growth is lower that what Beijing claims
WASHINGTON – A few days ago a major US newspaper had yet another story on China’s economic slowdown. Yes, China...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Both Defiant And Conciliatory In A Speech At The Atlantic Council The Ukrainian leader has received open support from President Obama on Crimea. But it is not clear how far the US and Europe are willing to go if Russia does not back down
By Paolo von Schirach March 12, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Western world seems to be united in its support...
Financial Aid To The Ukraine? Great Idea But Huge Costs Turning the Ukraine around will cost billions of dollars over many years. Western policy-makers have to convince voters that this is a worthwhile effort.
By Paolo von Schirach March 10, 2014 WASHINGTON – A few days ago, I argued in a related piece...