US Competitiveness – Page 5

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,...

No More Start-Ups In America Surveys indicate a decline of new businesses. An alarming phenomenon

WASHINGTON – There is an almost unquestioned belief that America is the land of entrepreneurs. This is “start-up” country....

The ECB Launched Its Own QE – But Growth Expectations Will Not Be Met Eueope needs serious pro-growth reforms. And they are not coming. The idea that even lower interest rates will trigger growth is foolish

WASHINGTON – Here we go. European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi launched his own version of QE, or “Quantitative...

Impossible to Bring Back To the US Old Industries –Focus On New Technologies The US outsourced the entire supply chain on which manufacturers rely. Imnpossible to bring it back to America

WASHINGTON – An interesting story in the WSJ focused on how some US companies are looking at the prospect...

America Creates Many New Jobs However, most of them are low-paying or part time. Wages are still low. Is there a way out of this?

WASHINGTON – In 2014 the US added 2.95 million new jobs, the best year since 1999 when America added 3...

Low Oil Prices Are Good For America The US energy sector is badly hurt. But the overall American economy benefits from lower crude prices

WASHINGTON – Oil prices keep going down, and down. We are now around $ 50 a barrel, or even...

How The Europeans Destroyed Their Economies America should learn from this example. Avoid taking the same path, or you get the same results

WASHINGTON – We all know that most European economies are doing poorly or very poorly. Indeed, in the new normal...

Sustained US Growth Requires Quality Public Education The US is improving. But we are still struggling. Too many Americans are not participating

WASHINGTON – The American economy is closing 2014 on a high note. US GDP grew 5% in the third quarter....

Saudi Arabia Wants To Kill US Shale Oil The Saudis bet that high cost US shale oil industry will not be able to survive a prolonged period of low prices

WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia’s oil end game is to let prices fall and stay low for as long as...

Low Oil Prices Is The Only Bit Of Good News For Most Western Countries Let's celebrate cheap gasoline. But let's find ways to grow our economies, whatever the price of oil will be

WASHINGTON – Western financial and business publications are now celebrating the collapse of oil prices. This unexpected Christmas gift is...