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Where’s Next: November May Determine Regional Winners
/in Politics, The EconomyAs the recovery begins, albeit fitfully, where can we expect growth in jobs, incomes and, most importantly, middle class opportunities? In the US there are two emerging “new” economies, one […]
America’s 21st-Century Business Model
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Current attitudes aren’t too kind to the old American way of doing business. In our globalized economy, the most enthusiastically touted approaches are those adopted by centralized, […]
The China Syndrome
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com China’s ascension to the world’s second-largest economy, surpassing Japan, has led to predictions that it will inevitably snatch the No. 1 spot from the United States. Nomura […]
Sarah Palin: The GOP’s Poison Pearl
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com Sarah Palin has emerged as the right’s sweetheart, a cross between a pin-up girl and Joan of Arc. For some activists, like the American Thinker‘s Lloyd Marcus, […]
Urban Legends: Why Suburbs, Not Dense Cities, are the Future
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Foreign Policy The human world is fast becoming an urban world — and according to many, the faster that happens and the bigger the cities get, the better […]
Mass Transit: The Great Train Robbery
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com Last month promoters of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Los Angeles rail projects, both past and future, held a party to celebrate their “success.” Although this may well […]
The Golden State’s War on Itself
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The City Journal California has long been a destination for those seeking a better place to live. For most of its history, the state enacted sensible policies that […]
Alaska: Caribou Commons Or America’s Lost Ace?
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com The most serious collateral damage from the BP spill disaster could very likely be in the far north, along the Alaskan coast. The problem is not a […]
A New War Between The States
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Nearly a century and half since the United States last divided, a new “irrepressible conflict” is brewing between the states. It revolves around the expansion of federal […]
Tribes And Trust
/in Demographics, ReligionAppearing in: Forbes.com Only Tribes held together by a group feeling can survive in a desert. –Ibn Khaldun, 14th century Arab historian Time to chuck into the dustbin the cosmopolitan […]