When Data Cannot Be Trusted
By Paolo von Schirach– WASHINGTON – Economics is a very imperfect science. Still, it has some shot at credibility...
Tag: Tax Reform
Tax Cuts Will Increase The U.S. National Debt To Unsustainable Levels Lowering taxes without significant spending reductions will cause deficit increases which will lead to a much bigger national debt
WASHINGTON – It is really hard to properly assess the Republican tax reform proposal now discussed in Congress. Many...
Maersk Warning About Global Slow Down – Recession In the US? Trade flows have been reduced. The worst since 2008
WASHINGTON – Maersk, (based in Denmark) is the largest shipping conglomerate in the world. Their business is to transport...
India: 2.3 Million Applicants For 368 Low Level Jobs Remember the "Incredible India" slogan? Well, this is truly out of this world!
WASHINGTON – Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister since May 2014, has disappointed many supporters. While recent GDP growth numbers...
America Losing Its Small Companies No credit, high taxes and too much regulation are stifling the engine of US economic growth
WASHINGTON – Dozens of analysts tell TV viewers that, whatever may be happening in China, things look good in...
America Needs Good Pro-Growth Structural Reforms Let's go back to Simpson-Bowles. We need action on fiscal and tax issues, deregulation and public education
WASHINGTON – After the August 24 sell off, there was no real bounce back. The US stock market regained...
What Happened To American Innovation? No More Startups Two economists, Edward Prescott and Lee Ohanian, argue in a WSJ op-ed piece that America's innovation engine stalled
WASHINGTON – A sudden economic crisis, like the unprecedented financial meltdown of 2008, gets everybody’s attention. But a slow...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden Proposes Corporate Tax Reform Good idea; but it will not happen. Too many special interests want to keep the absurd US tax code as is
WASHINGTON – In a clear and totally non-partisan WSJ op-ed piece, (We Must Stop Driving Businesses Out of the...
The Tea Party Has Become An Ideological, “Anti-Everything” Group – The Republican Party Needs A Strong Message Of Opportunity And Inclusiveness – Chris Christie Could Articulate It Ken Cuccinelli lost in Virginia in large part because he could not get women to vote for him. The conservative social values agenda is horribly outmoded
By Paolo von Schirach November 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – At the very beginning, the Tea Party insurgency had some...
Washington Now Dominated By Not So Great Scandals – Too Much Focus On Benghazi and The IRS Because There Is Nothing Interesting Coming Out Of The Obama White House – No Major Initiative, No Reform Plan
By Paolo von Schirach May 17, 2013 WASHINGTON – The most telling evidence of Obama’s weakness is that B...