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Energy Preferences to Play Big Role in November
/in PoliticsAppearing in:
Orange County Register
The November election will be played out along all the usual social memes – from gay marriage, racism and immigration to the “war against women.” But what may determine the outcome revolves around one key economic issue: energy. This has all come to a boil now as President Obama has backed an Environmental Protection Agency effort to accelerate tougher emissions standards, something that could shutter hundreds of coal-fired power plants and slow fossil fuel development across the country.
Dawn of the Age of Oligarchy: the Alliance between Government and the 1%
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast When our current President was elected, many progressives saw the dawning of a new epoch, a more egalitarian and more just Age of Obama. Instead we have witnessed […]
The Cities Stealing Jobs From Wall Street
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes When we think about American finance, the default image is of a pinstriped banker on Wall Street. But increasingly financial services is shifting away from the traditional bastions […]
European Style Going Out of Fashion at Ballot Box
/in California, Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register The recent political earthquake in Europe has great implications for the United States, both internationally and domestically. The unpopularity of European Union institutions produced record-breaking […]
America’s New Industrial Boomtowns
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes David Peebles works in a glass tower across from Houston’s Galleria mall, a cathedral of consumption, but his attention is focused on the city’s highly industrialized ship […]
California’s Choice – Growth or Decline
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register I’ve been friends with Charlie Sena for almost two decades. Charlie, a longtime entrepreneur, Democratic political operative and fundraiser for former Gov. Gray Davis, recently […]
Inland California Needs to Get in the Zone
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register California’s dream is shrinking inexorably, and only radical steps can prevent the condition from becoming permanent. Compared with previous economic expansions, fewer state residents and […]
Watch What You Say, The New Liberal Power Elite Won’t Tolerate Dissent
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast In ways not seen since at least the McCarthy era, Americans are finding themselves increasingly constrained by a rising class—what I call the progressive Clerisy—that […]
Shaking Off The Rust: Cleveland Workforce Gets Younger And Smarter
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes In virtually every regional economic or demographic analysis that I conduct for Forbes, Rust Belt metro areas tend to do very poorly. But there’s a way that […]
Pandering to the Minority Vote
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register As they approach what could be a troublesome election season, Democratic party strategists have targeted two issues – inequality and race – as their primary means to […]