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Korea Conflict Shows That Borderlands Are Zones of Danger
/in Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com The current conflict between the Koreas illustrates a broader global trend toward chaos along borders separating rich and poor countries. Ultimately, this reflects the resentments of a […]
The Rise of the Efficient City
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Wall Street Journal Smaller, more nimble urban regions promise a better life than the congested megalopolis. Most of the world’s population now lives in cities. To many academics, […]
California Suggests Suicide; Texas Asks: Can I Lend You a Knife?
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com In the future, historians may likely mark the 2010 midterm elections as the end of the California era and the beginning of the Texas one. In one […]
Welcome to Recoveryland: The Top 10 Places in America Poised for Recovery
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Newsweek Like a massive tornado, the Great Recession up-ended the topography of America. But even as vast parts of the country were laid low, some cities withstood the […]
The New World Order
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Newsweek Tribal ties—race, ethnicity, and religion—are becoming more important than borders. For centuries we have used maps to delineate borders that have been defined by politics. But it […]
The Smackdown Of The Creative Class
/in Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com Two years ago I hailed Barack Obama’s election as “the triumph of the creative class.” Yesterday everything reversed, as middle-class Americans smacked down their putative new ruling […]
Toward a Continental Growth Strategy
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The American North America remains easily the most favored continent both by demography and resources. The political party that harnesses this reality will own the political future. America […]
Suburban Nation, but Urban Policies
/in Demographics, Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Politico Ideologues may set the tone for the national debate, but geography and demography determine elections. In America, the dominant geography continues to be suburbia – home to […]
Prosperity Index Shows That Democracy Still Works Best
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com With the Cold War well behind us, the real choice between systems lies in a growing variation in the form of capitalisms. Choices now range from the […]
Who’s Racist Now? Europe’s Increasing Intolerance
/in Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com With the rising tide of terrorist threats across Europe, one can somewhat understandably expect a surge in Islamophobia across the West. Yet in a contest to see […]