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The New Radicals
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes America’s “kumbaya” moment has come and gone. The nation’s brief feel-good era initiated by Barack Obama’s stirring post-partisan rhetoric–and fortified by John McCain’s classy concession speech–has dissolved […]
California Disease: Oregon at Risk of Economic Malady
/in Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Oregonian California has been exporting people to Oregon for many years, even amid the recession in both states. Indeed, the 2005 American Community Survey report shows that […]
Why The ‘Livable Cities’ Rankings Are Wrong
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes Few topics stir more controversy between urbanists and civic boosters than city rankings. What truly makes a city “great,” or even “livable”? The answers, and how these […]
Green Jobs Can’t Save The Economy
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Nothing is perhaps more pathetic than the exertions of economic developers and politicians grasping at straws, particularly during hard times. Over the past decade, we have turned […]
Forget Second Stimulus; We Need Economic Vision
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Politico As the American economy slowly heals, the Obama administration will no doubt claim some credit for its $787 billion stimulus — and perhaps even suggest doubling down […]
Salinas Dispatch: A Silver Lining in the Golden State
/in California, Rural Policy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes From a distance, a crisis often takes on ideological colorings. This is true in California, where the ongoing fiscal meltdown has devolved into a struggle between anti-tax […]
Moving to Reloville, America’s Cross-Country Careerists
/in DemographicsAppearing in: The Wall Street Journal Peter T. Kilborn’s Next Stop, Reloville: Life Inside America’s New Rootless Professional Class documents an important piece of social history: the lives of relocating […]
The Next Culture War
/in Politics, ReligionAppearing in: Forbes The culture war over religion and values that dominated much of the last quarter of the 20th century has ended, mostly in a rout of the right-wing […]
Tracking Business Services: Best And Worst Cities For High-Paying Jobs
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes Media coverage of America’s best jobs usually focuses on blue-collar sectors, like manufacturing, or elite ones, such as finance or technology. But if you’re seeking high-wage employment, […]
Who Killed California’s Economy?
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Right now California’s economy is moribund, and the prospects for a quick turnaround are not good. Unable to pay its bills, the state is issuing IOUs; its […]