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To Fight Inequality, Blue States Need To Shift Focus To Blue-Collar Jobs
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes In the coming election, we will hear much, particularly from progressives, about inequality, poverty and racism. We already can see this in the pages of mainstream media, […]
America Down But Not Out
/in Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register America, seen either from here or from abroad, doesn’t look so good these days. The country that maintained world peace for decades now “leads by […]
America’s Opportunity City: Lots of New Jobs and a Low Cost of Living Make Houston a Middle-class …
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The City Journal David Wolff and David Hightower are driving down the partially completed Grand Parkway around Houston. The vast road, when completed, will add a third freeway […]
Growth, Not Redistribution the Cure for Income Inequality
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register Ever since the publication this spring of Thomas Piketty’s book “Capital in the 21st Century,” conservatives and much of the business press, such as the Financial […]
There Will Be No Real Recovery Without The Middle Class
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes What if they gave a recovery, and the middle class were never invited? Well, that’s an experiment we are running now, and, even with the recent strengthening […]
Energy Preferences to Play Big Role in November
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Orange County Register
The November election will be played out along all the usual social memes – from gay marriage, racism and immigration to the “war against women.” But what may determine the outcome revolves around one key economic issue: energy. This has all come to a boil now as President Obama has backed an Environmental Protection Agency effort to accelerate tougher emissions standards, something that could shutter hundreds of coal-fired power plants and slow fossil fuel development across the country.
Dawn of the Age of Oligarchy: the Alliance between Government and the 1%
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast When our current President was elected, many progressives saw the dawning of a new epoch, a more egalitarian and more just Age of Obama. Instead we have witnessed […]
The Cities Stealing Jobs From Wall Street
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes When we think about American finance, the default image is of a pinstriped banker on Wall Street. But increasingly financial services is shifting away from the traditional bastions […]
European Style Going Out of Fashion at Ballot Box
/in California, Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register The recent political earthquake in Europe has great implications for the United States, both internationally and domestically. The unpopularity of European Union institutions produced record-breaking […]
America’s New Industrial Boomtowns
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes David Peebles works in a glass tower across from Houston’s Galleria mall, a cathedral of consumption, but his attention is focused on the city’s highly industrialized ship […]