China Is Slowing Down, But How Fast? – No Way Of Knowing Because Statistics Are Notoriously Unreliable – Analysts Developed Their Own Metrics
By Paolo von Schirach June 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – We know that China is experiencing an economic...
Tag: Economy
The Forced Adoption Of Renewable Energy Has Been A Costly Mistake – We Should Subsidize Research And Not The Usage Of Current Technologies
By Paolo von Schirach June 19, 2012 WASHINGTON – Large investments in subsidized renewable energy for the...
Whoever Wins The Elections In Greece, The Country Is Bankrupt – No Government Can Pay The Debts, Cut Spending And Grow This Weak Economy – Exit From The Euro May Be Inevitable
By Paolo von Schirach June 14, 2012 WASHINGTON – All the major US business channels, Bloomberg, CNBC...
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...
Obama Proposes Hiring More Civil Servants To Lower Unemployment – At A “Jobs Event” Governors And Mayors Talked About Attracting The Private Sector – Not Even One Word About Obama’s Plan
By Paolo von Schirach June 13, 2012 WASHINGTON – Watching a major June 13 event on jobs...
Spanish Banks Get $ 125 Billion EU Bailout – But Investors Bet Against Spanish Debt – Yield On 10 Year Spanish Bonds Reach Historic High
By Paolo von Schirach June 12, 2012 WASHINGTON – Spain finally agreed to get a hefty $...
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...
Europe Cannot Take Bold Steps To Either Seriously Integrate Or Force the Weak Out – It Will Continue With Small Steps That Will Ensure A Perennially Smoldering Crisis
By Paolo von Schirach June 7, 2012 WASHINGTON – Mario Draghi, the President of the European Central...
Bad Regulations, Outdated Systems Neutralize The Advantages Of Cheap US Energy – Power Outages in Texas?
By Paolo von Schirach June 5, 2012 WASHINGTON – There is no question that the shale gas...
Awful Jobs Numbers Hurt Obama – Good News For Romney – Still, To Get On A New Course, America Needs Political Compromise, No Matter Who’s President
By Paolo von Schirach June 1, 2012 WASHINGTON – The most recent US jobs report is pretty...