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The Real Story Of The Italian Elections Is That Monti Is Now Irrelevant – There Is No Real Pro-Growth Political Force – Populists in Charge

By Paolo von Schirach Related stories: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/02/17/italys-chronic-problems-deeply-entrenched-do-not-expect-changes-with-a-new-center-left-government-even-if-backed-by-reformist-mario-monti/ https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/02/03/with-berlusconis-rise-in-the-polls-expect-a-fight-between-right-wing-and-left-wing-populists-in-italy-montis-centrists-will-get-little-support-very-low-chances-for-real-reform-after-these-elect/ February 26, 2013 LUSAKA, Zambia – Regarding the incredibly disappointing outcome of...

Monti Has No Chance To Become Italy’s Elected Prime Minister The Italians Like Politicians Who Promise Jobs and Welfare For All. Sadly they understood nothing about what caused the debt crisis

WASHINGTON – With his (typically Italian) hints and hesitations as to whether he will or will not be...

With The Elections Now Behind US, What Will The US Do About Serious Fiscal Reform? Obama Did Not Produce Any Clear Plan During The Campaign – Bending The Spending Curve Requires Spending Cuts That The President Promised He Would Fight Against

By Paolo von Schirach November 9, 2012 WASHINGTON – President Obama got re-elected in large part because...

The European Union And The Eurozone Within It Are Not Like The USA – Washington Would Have To Bail Out Michigan, No Matter What – Germany Does Not Have To Bail Out Greece If The Price Is Too High

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-problems-of-southern-europe-are-not-fixable-greece-failed-to-meet-most-of-the-conditions-negotiated-with-its-lenders-face-reality-and-restructure-the-monetary-union-some-countries-just-do-no/ August 8, 2012 WASHINGTON – A few days ago I...

Italian Labor Minister Elsa Fornero Declared To The WSJ That “Italy Is Not A Rule-Bound Place” – Think Of That: No Rule Of Law, Says A Sitting Minister

By Paolo von Schirach June 29, 2012 WASHINGTON – It is amazing how strong statements with really...

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...

IMF Christine Lagarde Believes The Euro Has to Succeed In Order To Keep European Countries Together – How So? EU Countries Will Do Fine Even If Some Eurozone Members Have To Go

By Paolo von Schirach April 21, 2012 WASHINGTON – IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde stated in a...

Italian Prime Minister Monti Tells Young People To Be Flexible and Forget About Life Time Jobs

Paolo von Schirach February 2, 2012 WASHINGTON– Crusty economics professor Mario Monti, the non political Prime Minister of terminally...

Italy and Greece Have A Bad Transparency International Score On Corruption, Matched By Bad “Doing Business” Grades – Poor Public Finances Go Together With Bad Governance, Corruption And Weak Economies

By Paolo von Schirach December 6, 2011 WASHINGTON – Bloomberg recently reported that Italy and Greece have...

European Financial Rescue Measures May Not Work As Intended – Italy Facing Higher Borrowing Costs – Besides, Rescue Addresses Only Symptoms – Europe’s Real Problem Is Low Growth

By Paolo von Schirach October 29, 2011 Related stories https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2011/10/25/will-european-debtfinancial-crisis-be-solved-yes-but-not-soon-eu-institutions-weak-hesitant-national-political-leaders-will-not-move-fast-enough/ https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2011/10/27/europeans-agreed-on-measures-to-end-debt-crisis-greek-debt-will-be-reduced-rescue-fund-to-be-augmented-eu-banks-to-increase-reserves-yet-serious-doubts-about-implementation-italys-ability-to/ WASHINGTON – In recent articles (see...