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The Heartland Will Play a Major Role in America’s Future
/in Demographics, Rural Policy, The EconomyAppearing in: Omaha World Herald One of the least anticipated developments in the nation’s 21st-century geography will be the resurgence of the American Heartland, often dismissed by coastal dwellers as […]
Jobs Will Rule November
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Health care lays behind him, financial reform and climate change ahead, but for President Barack Obama–and his opponents–there is only one real issue: jobs. The recent employment […]
Don’t Mess With Texas
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com One of the most ironic aspects of our putative “Age of Obama” is how little impact it has had on the nation’s urban geography. Although the administration […]
Immigrants Key to Economy’s Revival
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Politico.com In Washington on Sunday, the tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding immigration reform looked like the opening round of the last thing the country needs now: another […]
The Not-So-Lucky Country
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com President Obama’s last-minute decision to postpone his homecoming to Indonesia and a trip to Australia expands the list of friendly countries–which include France, the U.K. and most […]
America in 2050 — Where and How We’ll Live
/in Demographics, Rural PolicyAppearing in: AOLNews.com The presence of 100 million more Americans by 2050 will reshape the nation’s geography. Scores of new communities will have to be built to accommodate them, creating […]
America in 2050 — Strength in Diversity
/in DemographicsAppearing in: AOLnews.com An ongoing source of strength for the United States over the next 40 years will be its openness to immigration. Indeed, more than most of its chief […]
Forced March To The Cities
/in California, Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com California is in trouble: Unemployment is over 13%, the state is broke and hundreds of thousands of people, many of them middle-class families, are streaming for the […]
What American Demographics Will Look Like in 2050
/in DemographicsAppearing in: AOLNews.com To many observers, America’s place in the world is almost certain to erode in the decades ahead. Yet if we look beyond the short-term hardship, there are […]
Machiavelli Or Torquemada?
/in California, PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com For more than one-third of a century Jerry Brown has proved one of the most interesting and original figures in American politics–and the 71-year-old former wunderkind might […]