Chris Christie’s Economic Agenda Is Just Common Sense How can a plain pro-growth recipe be controversial?
WASHINGTON – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a likely Republican White House contender, laid out his fiscal and economic reforms...
Tag: Taxes
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...
New York State Run Out Of Ideas, It Does Not Know How To Promote Itself TV ads broadcast on business channels focus only on tax holidays for companies setting up shop in New York State. That's it?
WASHINGTON – New York, once upon a time the symbol of American economic might and creativity, run out of ideas....
Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray Vetoed “Walmart Bill” If his veto is sustained, Walmart will go ahead and open 6 stores in DC. Jobs will be created, while low income residents will have access to affordable goods
By Paolo von Schirach September 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray vetoed the “Walmart Bill” passed by the...
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Is About Unaffordable Pension Obligations The city tried to raise extra revenue with higher taxes, this way encouraging more tax payers to leave. The combination of pension costs and bonds obligations proved to be unsustainable. Detroit is not "too big to fail"
By Paolo von Schirach July 22, 2013 WASHINGTON – The convenient narrative about the Detroit bankruptcy is that the...
Mass Protests In Moscow Last Year, Now Demonstrations In Turkey And All Over Brazil Are All About Bad Governance Emerging countries will not go to the next level unless the citizens believe that government works to foster the public good
By Paolo von Schirach June 18, 2013 WASHINGTON – Last year there were mass anti-Putin protests in Moscow. In the...
Lower Taxes May Help Attract New Investors – But Much, Much More Is Needed
By Paolo von Schirach May 1, 2013 WASHINGTON – The FT has a rather prominent story on how the...
Critics of Rogoff-Reinhart Argue That High Levels Of Debt Do Not Produce Ill Effects – So, Let’s Go Ahead And Borrow Some More
By Paolo von Schirach April 30, 2013 WASHINGTON – Economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart came up with a...
From Beijing To Washington People Cry Out For Good Governance – Professional Politicians In Developing And Developed Countries Are Often Behind The Curve
By Paolo von Schirach March 10, 2013 TRAVELING BETWEEN EMERGING MARKETS – In the developing world, a few decades...
Praise For Mario Draghi Is A Way To Forget That Europe’s Structural Economic Problems Have Not Been Fixed – The Financial Situation Is Much Better; But The Economies Of Southern Europe Remain Hopelessly Weak
By Paolo von Schirach January 20, 2013 WASHINGTON – I am really worried about too much praise...