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Countering Progressives’ Assault on Suburbia
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics The next culture war will not be about issues like gay marriage or abortion, but about something more fundamental: how Americans choose to live. In […]
Homebuyers Confront China Syndrome
/in California, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register China has hacked our government, devastated or severely challenged our industries and enjoyed one of the greatest wealth transfers in history – from our households […]
Green Pope Goes Medieval on Planet
/in Politics, ReligionAppearing in: The Daily Beast Some future historian, searching for the origins of a second Middle Ages, might fix on the summer of 2015 as its starting point. Here occurred […]
The Cities Winning The Battle For Information Jobs 2015
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes We are supposed to be moving rapidly into the “information era,” but the future, as science fiction author William Gibson suggested, is not “evenly distributed.” For most of the […]
Democrats Now the Party of Plutocracy
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register There’s more than a bit of cognitive dissonance in the merger of Democrats with plutocracy – rule by the wealthy. After all, the party’s brand […]
Housing the Future: Report
/in California, Demographics, Urban AffairsFor generations, the Inland empire has provided a convenient target for criticism from the Southern California coastal cities, largely derided as a smoggy expanse populated by less-skilled workers.
Malls Washed Up? Not Quite Yet
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast Maybe it’s that reporters don’t like malls. After all they tend to be young, highly urban, single, and highly educated, not the key demographic at […]
The Best Cities For Jobs 2015
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes Since the U.S. economy imploded in 2008, there’s been a steady shift in leadership in job growth among our major metropolitan areas. In the earliest years, the […]
The Changing Geography of Racial Opportunity
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics In the aftermath of the Baltimore riots, there is increased concern with issues of race and opportunity. Yet most of the discussion focuses on such […]
Best Cities for Minorities: Gauging the Economics of Opportunity
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Center for Opportunity Urbanism This is the overview from a new report, Best Cities for Minorities: Gauging the Economics of Opportunity by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox for […]