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Illinois: State Of Embarrassment
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Most critics of Barack Obama’s desultory performance the past three years trace it to his supposedly leftist ideology, lack of experience and even his personality quirks. But […]
Wall Street Plays Occupy White House
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Politico Wall Street is disdained in the court of public opinion — detested by the tea party on the right and the Occupy movement on the left. The […]
Is Suburbia Doomed? Not So Fast.
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com This past weekend the New York Times devoted two big op-eds to the decline of the suburb. In one, new urban theorist Chris Leinberger said that Americans […]
The Best Cities For Technology Jobs
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com During tough economic times, technology is often seen as the one bright spot. In the U.S. this past year technology jobs outpaced the overall rate of new […]
The New World Order: A Report on the World’s Emerging Spheres of Influence
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Legatum Institute This is the introduction to a new report, "The New World Order" authored by Joel Kotkin in partnership with the Legatum Institute. Read the full report […]
Good Morning, Vietnam!
/in DemographicsAppearing in: The American While many experts are pronouncing the demise of the American era and the rise of China, other East Asian nations complicate the picture. As America continues […]
Women Ascendent: Where Females Are Rising The Fastest
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com You can find the future of the world’s women not in Scandinavia or the U.S., but among the entrepreneurs who line the streets of Mumbai, Manila and […]
Political Footballs: L.A.’s Misguided Plans For A Downtown Stadium
/in CaliforniaAppearing in: Forbes.com Over the past decade Los Angeles has steadily declined. It currently has one of the the highest unemployment rates (roughly 12.5%) in the U.S, and there’s little […]
Overpopulation Isn’t The Problem: It’s Too Few Babies
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes.com The world’s population recently passed the 7 billion mark, and, of course, the news was greeted with hysteria and consternation in the media. “It’s not hard to […]
America’s Demographic Opportunity
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Business Horizon Quarterly Among the world’s major advanced countries, the United States remains a demographic outlier, with a comparatively youthful and growing population. This provides an unusual opportunity […]