Can Washington Borrow and Spend Without Limit?
By Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON – Parts of the US are still suffering from the devastating consequences of...
Tag: Infrastructure
Unrealistic Plans To Stop African Migration Into Europe The creation of a mega infrastructure fund aimed at speeding up Africa's development will get you nowhere
WASHINGTON – How can Europe stop the endless tide of poor migrants arriving daily from Africa? Very simple, argues...
Up to 19 Years To Build A Highway Too much bureaucracy, too many overlapping jurisdictions
WASHINGTON – In country X “New highway projects can require up to 200 regulatory steps and take between 9...
Amtrak Tragedy Turned Into An Ugly Political Argument DEemocrats immediately argued that the train derailed because of chronic under investment willed by the Republicans in Congress. Not a shred of evidence
WASHINGTON – In this venomous Washington political climate nobody can resist the temptation to turn even a tragedy into...
America Needs To Invest $ 3.6 Trillion To Fix Its Crumbling Infrastructure Because of political gridlock and a punitive tax system the US is doing too little to upgrade old highways, ports and airports
WASHINGTON – A prominent victim of the policy paralysis caused by Washington’s toxic political climate is America’s basic infrastructure. For the Republicans,...
The Economist Gives Good Advice To Europe – Anybody Listening? Sure, the EU should relax austerity measures in exchange for serious pro growth reforms in weak countries. And Europe could start large scale, productivity enhancing infrastructure projects. But none of this will happen
WASHINGTON – The respected The Economist magazine dishes out good economic growth advice to Europe, (The World’s Biggest Economic Problem,...
Major FAA Facility Disabled By Just One Person – US Air Traffic In Chaos If one disgruntled former employee can destroy, all by himself, a major air traffic control facility, imagine the damage that may be caused by trained terrorists targeting critical US infrastructure
WASHINGTON – Just one (mentally imbalanced, it seems) disgruntled contractor, (his name is Brian Howard), upset because he had...
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...
Hollande’s Poor Efforts At Attracting Foreign Investors To France Telling investors "We are not afraid of you" is not much of a marketing message. Likewise, telling them that you intend to simplify taxation and immigration procedures is not going to get you very far
By Paolo von Schirach February 18, 2014 WASHINGTON – “France is not afraid to open itself up to the...
Matteo Renzi To Lead Italy Out Of The Swamp Of Terminal Decline? Very unlikely. Another professional politician, even if youthful and aggressive, cannot put together a long term, viable plan that will stick
By Paolo von Schirach February 13, 2014 WASHINGTON – And so Italy is getting a new Prime Minister. Matteo Renzi,...