Amazon Will Spend $ 700 Million To Retrain Its Workers WASHINGTON – Amazon, the global e-commerce giant, just announced that it is planning to spend $ 700 million over...
China To Become Green Super Power? Will massive investments in renewables transform Chinese electricity production? WASHINGTON – Many Western environmentalists and commentators openly praise China for its declared energy policy objective of turning itself...
Fight Inequality With Improved Public Education No, it is not. The challenge is how to respond to globalization and technological progress WASHINGTON – In the course of a popular national radio show, an important journalist declared that “the Big Issue”...
Fight Global Warming With Disruptive Innovation – Not Mandates WASHINGTON – The Paris event on climate change will probably yield nothing really concrete. The fact is that, despite...
You Cannot Kick Start Innovation GE just announced that it will hold seminars in the UAE aimed at fostering a culture of innovation. It will not work WASHINGTON – The Emirates News Agency a year ago announced a partnership between the UAE Ministry of Economy and General...
Fusion: The Next Energy Revolution Abundant, cheap and emissions free energy for the world WASHINGTON – TIME‘s cover story (November 2, 2015) has this tantalizing title: “Unlimited Energy. For Everyone. Forever. FUSION, It...
Will Tesla Be The Electric Car Maker of The Future? The company has an absurd market valuation, while it keeps losing money. Does it matter? WASHINGTON – Thank God, US IT tech companies are still in the lead. It is hard to match the...
FT: Europe Undergoing High Tech Transformation – Really? A long report announces that massive amounts of venture capital are funding European tech companies WASHINGTON – If you look at mainstream media, the news is that slowly but surely “Europe is back”. With...
After Gigantic Failures Is US Still IT Leader? Has America lost its ability to innovate? WASHINGTON – Whatever can be said about the not so vibrant US economy, there is usually agreement that America...
America Needs Structural Reforms No sensible policy proposals. Politicians are afraid to deliver bad news WASHINGTON – There is no doubt that millions of Americans are economically worse off because of the negative impact...