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/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes If anything positive can be said for the current tepid economic recovery, it has been very good to those who invest in the stock market or own […]
Radio Interview: Energy Running out of California
/in California, In the NewsBy: KABC Radio Los Angeles On: Larry Elder Show Joel was on with KABC Radio’s Larry Elder recently to talk about the shifts in the energy industry in California and […]
Bubble Trouble in Silicon Valley
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register Third-generation venture capitalist Tim Draper believes he has a solution for California’s problems that will make the Silicon Valley safe for its wealthy: secession. In […]
Drought Stokes California’s Class War
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes As all the Californians who celebrated the deluge of rain that fell the week before last know, it did not do much to ameliorate the state’s deep […]
Energy Running Out of California
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register The recent decision by Occidental Petroleum to move its headquarters to Houston from Los Angeles, where it was founded over a half-century ago, confirms the […]
Forget What the Pundits Tell You, Coastal Cities are Old News – it’s the Sunbelt that’s Bo …
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast Ever since the Great Recession ripped through the economies of the Sunbelt, America’s coastal pundit class has been giddily predicting its demise. Strangled by high-energy […]
‘Lone Eagle’ Cities: Where The Most People Work From Home
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes In an era of high unemployment and limited opportunity, more Americans are taking matters into their own hands and going to work for themselves out of their […]
Joel Talks About LA’s Energy Industry
/in California, In the NewsBy: KABC Radio Los Angeles On: McIntyre In The Morning Joel appeared yesterday on KABC Los Angeles McIntyre in the Morning to talk about the current state of California’s energy […]
Oregon’s Sad Focus on Happiness
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register Oregon is a beautiful place, and, for many of the state’s well-heeled residents, including many refugees from equally beautiful but overpriced California, economic growth not […]
Post-Nagin, New Orleans Is On Way To Becoming A Model City
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Last week’s conviction of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on 20 charges of bribery and fraud marks the end of a tumultuous era in the city’s history, and […]