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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 […]
Arizona’s Short-Sighted Immigration Bill
/in Demographics, PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com Arizona’s recent passage of what is widely perceived as a harsh anti-immigrant bill reflects a growing tendency–in both political parties–to focus on the here and now, as […]
Growing America: Demographics and Destiny
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Governing Over the next four decades, American governments will oversee a much larger and far more diverse population. As we gain upward of 100 million people, America will […]
The Worst Cities For Jobs
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com In this least good year in decades, someone has to sit at the bottom. For the most part, the denizens are made up of “usual suspects” from […]
We Need a New Ross Perot
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast Is it time to bring back Ross Perot? Not the big-eared, chart-crazed egomaniac and his Texas cigar boat, but a nascent movement like his among […]
The Best Cities For Jobs
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com This year’s “best places for jobs” list is easily the most depressing since we began compiling our annual rankings almost a decade ago. In the past–even in […]
Beyond the Census: America’s Demographic Advantage
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Newsweek As the nonstop TV commercials have made clear, the U.S. Census Bureau really hopes you’ve sent back your questionnaire by now. But in reality, we don’t have […]
All In The Family
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes.com For over a generation pundits, policymakers and futurists have predicted the decline of the American family. Yet in reality, the family, although changing rapidly, is becoming not […]