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Coronavirus and the Office Apocalypse

What if they reopened the office and nobody came? This scenario is not as far-fetched as many believe. The office may not be dead, but its post-COVID future, particularly in big cities, may look more like a medieval-style arrangement than the buzzing, super dense science fiction vision from The Jetsons.
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California and Its Contradictions: Rumblings of Realignment Beneath a Solid-Blue Surface

Contradictions between California's tech and entertainment oligarchs and the hard Left are likely to intensify in the years ahead. The state has neglected the basics of business competitiveness, particularly in creating the mid-skilled jobs crucial to a healthy economy.
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Homeless tents and flag under CA-87 in San Jose

The Limits of Rhetoric

Joel Kotkin and Charles Blain — If rhetoric were magic, metro areas like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago would be ideal for aspirational minority residents.
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