Article: April 23, 2006 – Washington Post. The bold yet carefully planned E.U. approach to worker migration suggests the direction that policy between the United States and Mexico should take. The EU gave the new poorer states massive subsidies -- billions of dollars' worth -- to help construct schools, roads, telecommunications and housing, thus making these nations more attractive for business investment. The idea was to raise up the emerging economies rather than let the advanced economies be dragged down.
Obama Needs an Energy Policy Like Europe's: Lessons From the Gulf of Mexico
Posted: 29 June 2010 - Huffington Post. And comparing Europe's trains with those in the US is like comparing a professional major league team with one in the minors. Europe has built an impressive network of routes for high-speed trains that crisscross the continent, with even more in the works funded by $27.5 billion earmarked by the EU. But the US really has no high-speed train lines to speak of, and Obama has allocated only $8 billion for construction.
Posted: 29 June 2010 - Huffington Post. And comparing Europe's trains with those in the US is like comparing a professional major league team with one in the minors. Europe has built an impressive network of routes for high-speed trains that crisscross the continent, with even more in the works funded by $27.5 billion earmarked by the EU. But the US really has no high-speed train lines to speak of, and Obama has allocated only $8 billion for construction.
What Obama Can Learn From European
Health Care
Article: 3 March 2009 - The Globalist. Healthcare-related inefficiencies are continuing to hurt American workers and businesses -- and increasingly will hurt U.S. competitiveness in the global economy.
President Barack Obama, to his credit, is doing what he can in difficult times to extend healthcare coverage to some of the 47 million Americans currently lacking it. Recently he signed legislation, previously vetoed by President Bush, to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which will provide subsidized health care to up to four million mostly low-income children.
Health Care
Article: 3 March 2009 - The Globalist. Healthcare-related inefficiencies are continuing to hurt American workers and businesses -- and increasingly will hurt U.S. competitiveness in the global economy.
Japan and Germany: Not 'Stagnating,' But Sustainable
Article Posted: 19 December 2010 – International Politik (Germany), News Analysis. In the early 1990s, when the U.S. was plagued by large deficits and recession, the Clinton administration didn’t use Krugman-type fiscal stimulus. Instead, it cut the deficit and by the end of the decade, the U.S. budget showed a sizable surplus and the economy was booming. Reality seems to defy economic theory on a frequent basis.
Article Posted: 19 December 2010 – International Politik (Germany), News Analysis. In the early 1990s, when the U.S. was plagued by large deficits and recession, the Clinton administration didn’t use Krugman-type fiscal stimulus. Instead, it cut the deficit and by the end of the decade, the U.S. budget showed a sizable surplus and the economy was booming. Reality seems to defy economic theory on a frequent basis.
Climate change, health, economy: three European tips for Obama
Article: 19 January 2009 - cafebabel.com: The European Magazine. Europe recently displayed its global leadership by enacting its 20-20-20 plan: agreeing to cut human-produced carbon emissions that contribute to global warming by at least 20% by 2020. They will do this by ramping up renewable energy technologies, and by enacting the world’s most ambitious carbon trading program.
Article: 19 January 2009 - cafebabel.com: The European Magazine. Europe recently displayed its global leadership by enacting its 20-20-20 plan: agreeing to cut human-produced carbon emissions that contribute to global warming by at least 20% by 2020. They will do this by ramping up renewable energy technologies, and by enacting the world’s most ambitious carbon trading program.
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