US Competitiveness – Page 10

Electric Cars Do Not Sell – Just Like Renewable Energy, A Good Idea Whose Time Has Yet To Come – Innovation Will Replace Carbon Based Energy, But Not Today

By Paolo von Schirach February 4, 2013 WASHINGTON – The New Green Economy that would have created...

America’s Problem: Half The Country No Longer Believes In The Virtues Of Free Market Capitalism More entitlements seem more appealing. However, low growth and high spending will inevitably lead to national decline; just like in Europe

WASHINGTON – America’s biggest problem –as the recent presidential elections have demonstrated– is that a bit more than half...

Obama’s Social Justice Agenda Is Unaffordable – But The Republican Message Of Fiscal Responsibility Has No Traction The country does not appreciate the combined threat of high debt and low growth

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/01/21/obamas-second-inaugural-address-focused-on-equality-issues-noble-goals-however-unless-the-american-economy-grows-while-washington-fixes-spending-and-taxes-there-will-be-nothing-to-redistribute/ January 22, 2013 WASHINGTON – President Obama’s priorities, as outlined in his...

Persistent Heavy Smog In Beijing Off The Charts Foul air triggered open debate about new economic model. Growing the economy while preserving the environment? More easily said than done after 30 years of degradation

Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/01/12/extreme-air-pollution-levels-in-beijing-indicate-a-deep-environmental-crisis-in-china-can-the-country-grow-the-economy-while-spending-hundreds-of-billion-to-fix-the-environment-a-huge-political-cha/ WASHINGTON – I wrote recently, (see link above), that Beijing’s dismal air quality signals a tough...

Americans Now Believe That They Live In An Unfair Society In Which The Rich Have Rigged The System – Time To Do Our Best To Reinstate The Old Belief In America As “Opportunity Society” With Open Access To All

By Paolo von Schirach December 28, 2012 WASHINGTON – True or not, the Occupy Wall street protest...

Beyond The “Fiscal Cliff” Artificial Melodrama, There Is The Serious Business Of Real Fiscal Reform And The Need To Improve US Long Term Economic Competitiveness – This Will Require Leadership And Political Courage

By Paolo von Schirach November 30, 2012 WASHINGTON – No way to know how the unfolding “Fiscal...

America Must Invest $ 2 Trillion Just To Maintain Existing Infrastructure – We Have Decrepit Roads And Bridges Because Of Decades Of Neglect

By Paolo von Schirach October 19, 2012 WASHINGTON – Historian Walter Russell Mead argues in a WSJ...

The Current Fossil Fuels Revolution Is An Economic Blessing For America – Still, The US Should Pursue R&D In Renewable Energy

By Paolo von Schirach October 7, 2012 WASHINGTON – The year is 2050. Exxon is reporting its...

Day To Day, Stocks Go Up And Down Mostly For Irrational Reasons – Billions Change Hands Not On Account Of Facts; But Because Of Mood Swings

By Paolo von Schirach September 30, 2012 WASHINGTON – Supposedly stock markets are the best vehicles to...

The Economy Keeps Sputtering At 1.3%, But Obama’s Numbers Are Getting Better – People Got Used To Mediocrity, While Romney Failed To Connect With Voters

By Paolo von Schirach September 28, 2012 WASHINGTON – Ronald Reagan was nicknamed “Teflon President”. No matter...