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THE COMING OF NEO-FEUDALISM

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Reconsidering the City

June 13, 2022

Over five millennia, urban centers have been drivers of civilization and progress, and have adapted in ways that have changed their form and function but assured their survival. Today, they are about to undergo another critical transition that will determine their relative position in the decades ahead.

America accelerates renewable energy while China slows its own GHG reduction

Green Rope-a-Dope: China Watches as America Greens

June 10, 2022

Much of the West's climate policies will likely weaken our economy; meanwhile China plays green rope-a-dope, slowing its own greenhouse-gas reduction to accelerate its economic gains relative to the West.