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Political, Economic Power Grow More Concentrated
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register Generally speaking, we associate the quest for central government control to be very much a product of the extremes of left and right. But increasingly, […]
Neither Party Dealing with More-Rigid Class Structure
/in Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register President Obama’s most-recent pivot toward the issue of “inequality” and saving the middle class might be seen as something of an attempt to change the […]
What is a City For?
/in Urban AffairsThe attached report is derived from a speech given last spring in Singapore at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The notion here is to lay out a new, […]
The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes America’s economy may be picking up steam, but it remains a story of parts, with the various regions of the country performing in often radically divergent ways. […]
The Blue-Collar Heroes of the Inland Empire
/in California, Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield (nee Jacob Cohen), whose signature complaint was that he “can’t get no respect,” would have fit right in, in the […]
Downsizing the American Dream
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register At this time of year, with Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, there’s a tendency to look back at our lives and those of our families. We […]
Where Working-Age Americans Are Moving
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes Barrels of ink and money have been devoted to predictions of where Americans will migrate, particularly younger ones. If you listen to big developer front groups such […]
The Geography Of Aging: Why Millennials Are Headed To The Suburbs
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes One supposed trend, much celebrated in the media, is that younger people are moving back to the city, and plan to stay there for the rest of […]
China Failing its Families
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Orange County Register China’s recent decision to reverse – at least in part – its policy limiting most couples to one child marks a watershed in thinking about […]
Silicon Valley is No Model for America
/in California, Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register Its image further enhanced by the recent IPO of Twitter, Silicon Valley now stands in many minds as the cutting edge of the American future. […]