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The Cities Where Your Salary Will Stretch The Furthest 2016
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsWhen Americans consider a move to another part of the country, they sometimes are forced to make a tough choice: should they go to a city with the best job opportunities, or a less economically vital area that offers a better standard of living, particularly more affordable…
Erasing Anglo Cultural Heritage Risks What Makes our Republic Diverse
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Orange County Register It’s increasingly unfashionable to celebrate those who made this republic and established its core values. On college campuses, the media and, increasingly, in corporate circles, […]
Can California Transition to Next Tech Wave?
/in California, The EconomyThe consumer technology boom, largely responsible for a resurgence in California’s economy after the tech wreck of 2001, seems to be coming to an end. The signs are widespread…
Trump Will Go Away, but the Anger He’s Stirred Up Is Just Getting Started
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast For progressives, the gloating is about to begin. The Washington Monthly proclaims that we are on the cusp of a “second progressive era,” where the technocratic […]
Today’s Orange County: Not Right Wing—and Kinda Hip
/in California, Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast What comes to mind when you think about Orange County? Probably, images of lascivious housewives and blonde surfers. And certainly, at least if you know […]
Two Cheers for NIMBYism
/in Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register Politicians, housing advocates, planners and developers often blame the NIMBY — “not in my backyard” — lobby for the state’s housing crisis. And it’s true […]
How to Make Post-Suburbanism Work
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register Are you ready to become a “real” city yet, Southern California? Being “truly livable,” our betters suggest, means being “infatuated” with spending more billions of […]
California’s Road to Leviathan
/in California, PoliticsBy Joel Kotkin — At a time when technology and public opinion should be expanding the boundaries of innovation and…
OC Model: A Vision for Orange County’s Future
/in California, The EconomyThis is the introduction to a new report on Orange County published by the Chapman University Center for Demographics and Policy titled, “OC Model: A Vision for Orange County’s Future.” […]
OC Model: A Vision for Orange County’s Future
/in California, Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsBlessed by a great climate and a highly skilled workforce, Orange County should be at the forefront of creating high wage jobs. The fact that it is not should be a worrying sign to the area’s business, academic, political and media leaders. Despite some signs of recovery in OC, long-term trends, such as a dependence on asset inflation and low wage employment, seem fundamentally incompatible with sustainable and enduring growth in the County.