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The Collapse of California

With one of the nation's highest income inequality and its dependence on low-wage workers, the California model may be better seen as a cautionary tale than a roadmap to a better future in the digital age.
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Environmentalism is the New War on the Working Class

Environmentalism and the "green agenda" has become a set of policies that directly harm working-class interests.
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by Joel Kotkin and Karla López del Rio — For California’s middle and working class, an upwardly mobile future is more likely in its generally more affordable interior, the Inland Empire.
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