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/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Orange County Register The rising tech oligarchy, having disrupted everything from hotels and taxis to banking, music and travel, is also taking over the content side of […]
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/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Average pay varies widely among U.S. cities, but those chasing work opportunities would do well to keep an eye on costs as well. Salaries may be higher on […]
Are We Heading for An Economic Civil War?
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast When we speak about the ever-expanding chasm that defines modern American politics, we usually focus on cultural issues such as gay marriage, race, or religion. […]
End Of One-Child Policy Is Unlikely To Solve China’s Looming Aging Crisis
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes By finally backing away from its one-child policy, China would seem to be opening the gates again to demographic expansion. But it may prove an opening that […]
How Big Government and Big Business Stick It to Small U.S. Businesses
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast From the inception of the Soviet Union, transformation was built, quite consciously, on eliminating those forces that could impede radical change. In many ways, the […]
Environmental Activists Turn up the Rhetorical Heat
/in California, PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register What is the endgame of the contemporary green movement? It’s a critical question since environmentalism arguably has become the leading ideological influence in both California […]
Oil Bust? Bah — North Dakota Is Still Poised To Thrive
/in Demographics, Rural Policy, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Oil and gas companies have the worst public image of any industry in the United States, according to Gallup. But it’s well-loved in a swathe of the U.S. from the […]
Light Rail in the Sun Belt is a Poor Fit
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Houston Chronicle There is an effective lobby for building light rail, including in cities such as Houston. But why build light rail? To reduce car use? To improve […]
The Cities Americans Are Thronging To And Fleeing
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes Cities get ranked in numerous ways — by income, hipness, tech-savviness and livability — but there may be nothing more revealing about the shifting fortunes of our […]
China’s Planned City Bubble Is About to Pop—and Even You’ll Feel It
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast Seven years after the last housing debacle devastated the world economy, we may be on the verge of another, albeit different, bubble. If the last […]