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Obama’s High-Speed Rail Obsession
/in Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com Perhaps nothing so illustrates President Obama’s occasional disconnect with reality than his fervent advocacy of high-speed rail. Amid mounting pressure for budget cuts that affect existing programs, […]
A Leg Up: World’s Largest Cities No Longer Homes of Upward Mobility
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Metropolis Magazine Throughout much of history, cities have served as incubators for upward mobility. A great city, wrote René Descartes in the 17th century, was “an inventory of […]
The U.S.’ Biggest Brain Magnets
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com For a decade now U.S. city planners have obsessively pursued college graduates, adopting policies to make their cities more like dense hot spots such as New York, […]
The Midwest: Coming Back?
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Oh my name it is nothing My age it is less The country I come from Is called the Midwest –Bob Dylan, “With God on Our Side,” […]
Why Affordable Housing Matters
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com Economists, planners and the media often focus on the extremes of real estate — the high-end properties or the foreclosed deserts, particularly in the suburban fringe. Yet […]
The Next Urban Challenge — And Opportunity
/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com In the next two years, America’s large cities will face the greatest existential crisis in a generation. Municipal bonds are in the tank, having just suffered the […]
Rise of the Hans
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Foreign Policy When Chinese President Hu Jintao comes to Washington this week, there aren’t likely to be many surprises: Hu and Barack Obama will probably keep their conversation […]
Here Comes Barack Cameron?
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were so “like-minded,” according to one Los Angeles Times writer, that they brought new meaning to the U.S. […]
The Heartland Rises
/in Demographics, Politics, Rural PolicyAppearing in: Politico The change in congressional power this week is more than an ideological shift. It ushers in a revival in the political influence of the nation’s heartland, as […]
California’s Third Brown Era
/in California, PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com Jerry Brown’s no-frills inauguration today as California governor will make headlines, but the meager celebration also marks the restoration of one of the country’s most illustrious political families. […]