Posts Tagged ‘United States’

To be successful, Biden’s infrastructure plan needs to match the New Deal’s administrative excellence

June 26, 2021 | Infrastructure

To be successful, Biden’s infrastructure plan will have to emulate the New Deal’s administrative excellence Following the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act, President Joe Biden wants to modernize America’s infrastructure with his proposed $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. Through his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, Biden is also aiming to help our …

Interview With Authority Magazine About The American Dream

April 13, 2021 | American Dream

Etienne Deffarges: I Am Living Proof Of The American Dream An Interview With Vicky Colas “Perseverance is also a key requirement for any immigrant to America, because of the very lengthy and somewhat bureaucratic process to reach citizen status. There are dozens of hurdles to overcome. None of them is unsurmountable or even very challenging, but …

“Les Trentes Glorieuses” and the American Dream

August 11, 2020 | Education

“Les Trentes Glorieuses” and The American Dream: A Father – Son Story “Les Trentes Glorieuses” is an expression that refers to the 1945 -1975 period in France following the end of the Second World War. In France as in other European countries such as West Germany, these thirty years were characterized by strong economic …

Coronavirus Crisis: U.S. States & Local Government Financial Challenges, and Impact on Public Health

May 14, 2020 | State government finances

State and Local Government Financial Challenges Caused by the Coronavirus Crisis, and Impact on Public Health ETIENNE DEFFARGES The U.S. government has provided a lot of financial relief to American households, small and large businesses, and hospitals to help mitigate the devastating economic and health impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The CARES Act totals nearly …

A Very Relevant Question in Times of Pandemic: Can Medicare for All Work?

April 30, 2020 | Medicare for All

Can Medicare for All Work? With U.S. voters consistently putting healthcare at the very top of their concerns, it is no surprise that Medicare for All (MFA) has garnered a lot of attention during the very competitive 2020 Democratic presidential primary. In terms of definition, let’s keep it simple and assume that MFA means a …

Published in the Financial Times on April 27, 2020

April 29, 2020 | Covid-19

Legislation, not just investor pressure, will be needed to make companies build up buffers against shocks—in response to the April 24, 2020 Financial Times editorial, “Companies should shift from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case.’ Pandemic has shown that businesses neglected vital safety margins.” Dear FT editor, Thank you for your excellent …

Advice and Tips for Immigrant Entrepreneurs

July 19, 2019 | Foreign-born entrepreneurs

Many great American entrepreneurs are immigrants. Think about our amazing foreign-born inventors and industrialists Alexander Bell, Nikola Tesla, Leo Baekeland, Andrew Carnegie and Igor Sikorsky, all the way to Sergei Brin, Elon Musk, Pierre Omidyar, Peter Thiel and Jerry Yang today, just to name a few. I have enjoyed this privilege too, in my own …

The ten-year anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis

October 3, 2018 | Regulating Wall Street

A primer on Dodd-Frank, through a simple Q&A Why was Dodd Frank passed? The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was passed by Congress, and signed by president Obama on July 21st, 2010, to stabilize our banking and financial system, and prevent a repeat of the disastrous 2008 financial crisis, which …

Is Universal Health Care Socialism?

September 11, 2018 | Health Care

Is Universal Health Care Socialism? The November midterms elections are approaching, and one of the major topics is health care. Democrats are campaigning on retaining Obamacare, in many cases advocating that we move towards universal health care. That would be pure socialism, retort Republicans, who would rather repeal the Affordable Care Act as they attempted …