Marissa Mayer’s Misstep And The Unstoppable Rise Of Telecommuting

Appearing in: Forbes.com Marissa Mayer’s pronunciamento banning home-based work at Yahoo reflects a great dilemma facing companies and our country over the coming decade. Forget for a minute the amazing […]

Richard Florida Concedes the Limits of the Creative Class

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Among the most pervasive, and arguably pernicious, notions of the past decade has been that the “creative class” of the skilled, educated and hip would […]

America’s Fastest- and Slowest-Growing Cities

Appearing in: Forbes.com Since the housing crash of 2007, the decline of the Sun Belt and dispersed, low-density cities has been trumpeted by the national media and by pundits who […]

Joel Talking Growth Corridors on Wisconsin Public Radio

By: Wisconsin Public Radio On: At Issue, with John Munson John recently talked with John Munson, host of At Issue on Wisconsin Public Radio about the nation’s emerging growth corridors. […]

The Real Winners Of The Global Economy: The Material Boys

Appearing in: Forbes.com Something strange happened on the road to our much-celebrated post-industrial utopia. The real winners of the global economy have turned out to be not the creative types […]

U.S. Wage Growth Chart

America’s Red State Growth Corridors

Appearing in: Wall Street Journal In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, some political commentators have written political obituaries of the “red” or conservative-leaning states, envisioning a brave new […]

Why The Red States May Benefit Most From More U.S. Immigration

Appearing in: Forbes.com In recent years, the debate over immigration has been portrayed in large part as a battle between immigrant-tolerant blue states and regions and their less welcoming red […]

Blue States Double Down On Suicide Strategy

Appearing in: Forbes.com Whatever President Obama proposes in his State of the Union for the economy, it is likely to fall victim to the predictable Washington gridlock. But a far […]

California Becoming Less Family-Friendly

Appearing in: Orange County Register For all of human history, family has underpinned the rise, and decline, of nations. This may also prove true for the United States, as demographics, […]

The Cities Winning The Battle For The Fastest Growing High-Wage Sector In The U.S.

Appearing in: Forbes.com In an era in which many businesses that pay high wages have been shedding jobs, the wide-ranging employment category of professional, scientific and technical services has been […]