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/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes The information sector may have glamour and manufacturing, nostalgia appeal, but the real action in high-wage job growth in the United States is in the vast realm […]
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/in Demographics, In the News, The EconomyWhy the World Is Rebelling Against ‘Experts’
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast An unconventional, sometimes incoherent, resistance arises to the elites who keep explaining why changes that hurt the middle class are actually for its own good. […]
Trump’s Racial Firebombs Weaken U.S.
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics The issue of race has scarred the entirety of U.S. history. Although sometimes overshadowed by the arguably more deep-seated issue of class, the racial divide […]
Brexit Will Be Britain’s Fourth of July
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast The campaign to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union, widely known as “Brexit,” is potentially on the verge of a huge victory […]
The U.S. Cities Where Manufacturing Is Thriving
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Perhaps no sector in the U.S. economy generates more angst than manufacturing. Over the past quarter century, manufacturing has hemorrhaged over 5 million jobs. The devastation of […]
California’s State Religion
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register In a state ruled by a former Jesuit, perhaps we should not be shocked to find ourselves in the grip of an incipient state religion. […]
Southern California Still Best Place to Get Creative
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register Over the past decade, Southern California has lagged well behind its chief rivals – New York and the Bay Area, as well as the fast-growing […]
The Cruel Information Economy: The U.S. Cities Winning In This Critical Sector
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Arguably the most critical industry in the new economy, information is also often the cruelest. It is the ultimate disruptor of jobs and growth, blessing some regional […]
A Berning Rift Growing Among Democrats
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register The mainstream media are having a field day, and rightfully so, chronicling the meltdown of the once-formidable Republican Party. Less focus has been placed on […]