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Russia’s Xenophobia Blends In With Demographic Decline Russia is becoming a country of sick old people who fear the increasing numbers of non slavic immigrants

By Paolo von Schirach November 6, 2013 WASHINGTON – Xenophobic Russians are open about their plans to send back to...

Solar Lanterns Will Give Light To Africa Hundreds of millions in Africa have no electricity. They spend a lot of money to buy fuel for their kerosene lamps. Solar lanterns are cheaper and safer solutions

By Paolo von Schirach November 5, 2013 WASHINGTON – In the developed world we take affordable and reliable electricity...

In The West Sub Par Rates Of Growth Are Now “The New Normal” 2% GDP growth alright for the US, almost no growth OK for Europe. Italy satisfied with a 1.8% contraction and 12.4% unemployment

By Paolo von Schirach November 4, 2013 WASHINGTON – How much economic growth is “adequate”? Who knows, really. The...

China Needs To Tackle Its Environmental Crisis Major cities, especially in the north, have become virtual gas chambers

By Paolo von Schirach November 3, 2013 WASHINGTON – The Economist‘s cover story is about the upcoming plenum of...

10 Years After The US Invasion Now There Are Terrorist Bases In Iraq President Obama will have to provide military assistance to the weak Iraqi government, so that al Qaeda can be defeated. This is the outcome of the War in Iraq that was supposed to prevent terror threats originating from that country

By Paolo von Schirach November 2, 2013 WASHINGTON – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came to Washington, hat in hand,...

From Energy To Health Care Big Public Policy Initiatives Fail To Work As Intended Our culture now assumes that markets are imperfect or bad, while smart technocats will come up with flawless plans that will achieve goals. Obamacare is just one example of this mistaken belief

By Paolo von Schirach October 31, 2013 WASHINGTON – Paolo Scaroni, the CEO of Italy’s ENI, one of Europe’s largest...

Major US Corporations Are Buying Trucks Powered By Liquefied Natural Gas – Much Cheaper Than Diesel This change is part of a broader energy revolution caused by natural gas. Trucks powered by LNG will mean reduced oil imports, billions of dollars saved and enhanced energy security

By Paolo von Schirach October 30, 2013 WASHINGTON – A recent lead story in the MARKETPLACE section of The Wall...

The European Central Bank Will Assess The Strength Of The Eurozone’s Lending Institutions – Amazing That We Have Gotten This Far Without Clear Data Previous stress tests were meaningless. Now most Eurozone banks feel compelled to disclose their non performing loans. And the figure, now at 1.2 trillion Euros, keeps getting bigger

By Paolo von Schirach October 29, 2013 WASHINGTON – What is truly troubling about the news of a more...

South Africa Does Not Grow Enough – 2% Is Nothing For A Country That Needs At Least 5% – Meanwhile Social Unrest Grows In a country with enormous income inequalities, labor unions are fighting hard to get higher wages, this way making South Africa even less competitive

By Paolo von Schirach October 28, 2013 WASHINGTON – Any Eurozone government would be ecstatic hearing a forecast of a 2%...

China Will Not Privatize State Owned Enterprises – 100,000 Companies, 50% Of The National Economy, Still Run By The State SOEs are mostly instruments of political control. However their inefficiency slows down overall growth

By Paolo von Schirach October 27, 2013 WASHINGTON – A relatively short article in Bloomberg Businessweek on China’s state-owned enterprises,...

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