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Seattle Is Leading An American Manufacturing Revival – Top Manufacturing Growth Regions
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com In this still tepid recovery, the biggest feel-good story has been the resurgence of American manufacturing. As industrial production has fallen in Europe and growth has slowed […]
Facebook’s IPO Testifies to Silicon Valley’s Power but Does Little for Other Californians
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast The $104 billion Facebook IPO testifies to the still considerable innovative power of Silicon Valley, but the hoopla over the new wave of billionaires won’t […]
The Top U.S. Regions for Technology Jobs
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com With Facebook poised to go public, the attention of the tech world, and Wall Street, is firmly focused on Silicon Valley. Without question, the west side of […]
Small Cities Are Becoming a New Engine Of Economic Growth
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com The conventional wisdom is that the world’s largest cities are going to be the primary drivers of economic growth and innovation. Even slums, according to a fawning […]
The Best Cities for Jobs 2012
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Throughout the brutal recession, one metropolitan area floated serenely above the carnage: Washington, D.C. Buoyed by government spending, the local economy expanded 17% from 2007 to 2012. […]
The New Class Warfare
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The City Journal Few states have offered the class warriors of Occupy Wall Street more enthusiastic support than California has. Before they overstayed their welcome and police began […]
As California Collapses, Obama Follows Its Lead
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast Barack Obama learned the rough sport of politics in Chicago, but his domestic policies have been shaped by California’s progressive creed. As the Golden State […]
As Filmmaking Surges, New Orleans Challenges Los Angeles
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com For generations New Orleans‘ appeal to artists, musicians and writers did little to dispel the city’s image as a poor, albeit fun-loving, bohemian tourism haven. As was […]
The Myth of the Republican Party’s Inevitable Decline
/in Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast The map is shifting, and Democrats see the nation’s rapidly changing demography putting ever more states in play—Barack Obama is hoping to compete in Arizona […]
‘Protestant Ethic’ 2.0: The New Ways Religion Is Driving Economic Outperformance
/in Demographics, Politics, ReligionAppearing in: Forbes.com In this season when most Americans are more concerned than usual with spiritual matters, it may be time to ask whether religion still matters. Certainly religiosity’s worst […]