The Protean Future Of American Cities

Appearing in: Forbes.com The ongoing Census reveals the continuing evolution of America’s cities from small urban cores to dispersed, multi-polar regions that includes the city’s surrounding areas and suburbs. This […]

What The Census Tells Us About America’s Future

Appearing in: Forbes.com With the release of results for over 20 states, the 2010 Census has provided some strong indicators as to the real evolution of the country’s demography. In […]

Obama’s High-Speed Rail Obsession

Appearing 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

Appearing 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

Appearing 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?

Appearing 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

Appearing 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

Appearing 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

Appearing 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?

Appearing 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. […]