Gassing Up: Why America’s Future Job Growth Lies In Traditional Energy Industries

Appearing in: Forbes.com In his new book, The Coming Jobs War, Gallup CEO James Clifton defines what he calls an “all-out global war for good jobs.” Clifton envisions a world-wide […]

The Demise Of The Luxury City

Appearing in: Forbes.com The Republican victory in New York City’s ninth congressional district Sept. 13 — in a special election to replace disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner — shocked the nation. […]

Declining Birthrates, Expanded Bureaucracy: Is U.S. Going European?

Appearing in: Forbes.com To President Barack Obama and many other Democrats, Europe continues to exercise something of a fatal attraction. The “European dream” embraced by these politicians — as well […]

The Crisis of the “Gentry Presidency”

Appearing in: Politico The Obama administration’s belated attempt to address the looming employment crisis — after three years focused largely on reviving Wall Street, redoing health care and creating a […]

Obama’s Economic Trifecta: How The President Helped Kill Progressivism, Capitalism And Moderat …

Appearing in: Forbes.com President Barack Obama‘s “pivot” on jobs this week shows that the president has finally — if belatedly — acknowledged the real misery caused by the Great Recession. […]

The Golden State Is Crumbling

Appearing in: The Daily Beast The recent announcement that California’s unemployment again nudged up to 12 percent—second worst in the nation behind its evil twin, Nevada—should have come as a […]

Inside The Sinosphere

Appearing in: Forbes.com This piece was co-written with Hee Juat Sim. Avis Tang, a cool, well-dressed software company executive, lives on the glossy frontier of China’s global expansion. From his […]

What Does Rick Perry Have To Do With Texas’ Success?

Appearing in: Forbes.com You don’t have to like Rick Perry or his sometimes scary neo-confederate politics to admire what has been happening in Texas over the past decade. Rather than […]

The U.K. Riots And The Coming Global Class War

Appearing in: Forbes.com The riots that hit London and other English cities last week have the potential to spread beyond the British Isles. Class rage isn’t unique to England; in […]

Biggest Boomer Towns

Appearing in: Forbes.com The boomer generation, spawned (literally) in the aftermath of the Second World War, will continue to shape the American landscape well into the 21st Century. They may […]