Appearing in: Forbes.com The boomer’s long domination of American politics, culture and economics will one day come to an end. A new generation–the so-called millennials–will be shaping the outlines of […]
Appearing in: The Daily Beast Obama may be spanking BP’s brass today. But the other crisis—Europe’s economic mess—reminds us why it’s important that the U.S. and U.K. stick together. The […]
Appearing in: Forbes.com “This is the city,” ran the famous introduction to the popular crime drama Dragnet. “Los Angeles, Calif. I work here.” Of course, unlike Det. Sgt. Joe Friday, […]
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Appearing in: Forbes.com The BP oil spill disaster likely spells the slowing down, or even curtailing, of offshore oil drilling for the foreseeable future. You can take California, Florida and […]
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Appearing in: Forbes.com Watford, England, sits at the end of a spur on the London tube’s Metropolitan line, a somewhat dreary city of some 80,000 rising amid the pleasant green […]
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In the 21st Century – the first in which the majority of people will live in cities – this unique link between urbanism and upward mobility will become ever more critical.
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Appearing in: Forbes.com The awful oil spill in the Gulf–as well as the recent coal mine disaster in West Virginia–has added spring to the step of America’s hugely influential environmental […]
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Appearing in: Forbes.com You can sing about sea to shining sea or amber waves of grain, but it’s immigration that provides America’s basic rhythm. Nothing distinguishes the American experience from […]
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Appearing in: Forbes.com Do cities have a future? Pessimists point to industrial-era holdovers like Detroit and Cleveland. Urban boosters point to dense, expensive cities like New York, Boston and San […]
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Appearing in: The Daily Beast For much of the last quarter century, European pundits, particularly in France, have been promoting the notion that the old continent sat on the verge […]
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Millennial Surprise
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com The boomer’s long domination of American politics, culture and economics will one day come to an end. A new generation–the so-called millennials–will be shaping the outlines of […]
The Downside of Brit-Bashing
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast Obama may be spanking BP’s brass today. But the other crisis—Europe’s economic mess—reminds us why it’s important that the U.S. and U.K. stick together. The […]
L.A.’s Economy Is Not Dead Yet
/in California, Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com “This is the city,” ran the famous introduction to the popular crime drama Dragnet. “Los Angeles, Calif. I work here.” Of course, unlike Det. Sgt. Joe Friday, […]
Energy’s Other Side
/in Rural Policy, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com The BP oil spill disaster likely spells the slowing down, or even curtailing, of offshore oil drilling for the foreseeable future. You can take California, Florida and […]
The Future Of America’s Working Class
/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com Watford, England, sits at the end of a spur on the London tube’s Metropolitan line, a somewhat dreary city of some 80,000 rising amid the pleasant green […]
The Broken Ladder: The Threat to Upward Mobility in the Global City
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsIn the 21st Century – the first in which the majority of people will live in cities – this unique link between urbanism and upward mobility will become ever more critical.
The Limits Of The Green Machine
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com The awful oil spill in the Gulf–as well as the recent coal mine disaster in West Virginia–has added spring to the step of America’s hugely influential environmental […]
Immigration Is U.S.
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes.com You can sing about sea to shining sea or amber waves of grain, but it’s immigration that provides America’s basic rhythm. Nothing distinguishes the American experience from […]
Houston: Model City
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com Do cities have a future? Pessimists point to industrial-era holdovers like Detroit and Cleveland. Urban boosters point to dense, expensive cities like New York, Boston and San […]
So Much for Europe’s Superiority
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast For much of the last quarter century, European pundits, particularly in France, have been promoting the notion that the old continent sat on the verge […]