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Report: Restoring the California DreamJanuary 21, 2022 - 7:25 am
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California is a Bastion of Innovation Marred by Deep Inequality. Is That America’s Future?January 17, 2022 - 7:25 am
California’s Keenest Competitors for Tech Jobs are Blue Western States
/in California, The Economyby Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Califonia’s prime competition for tech jobs now comes not only from low-tax, low cost states like Texas but also from bluish states such as Colorado and Washington.
Western Greed Fuels China’s Domination
/in Politics, The EconomyThere is a hypocrisy at the heart of the West’s attitude to China: although we’re constantly warned about the threat from Beijing, our political and corporate elites seem intent on making this century a Chinese one.
The New Dark Ages
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsA new dark ages approaches as literacy declines, rather than building a vital world with unprecedented availability of technology and information.
Our Neo-Feudal Future
/in Politics, The EconomyDespite a digital revolution that was supposed to empower individuals everywhere, and the construction of a vigorous anti-discrimination apparatus that putatively ensures equal rights and status—a rigid neo-feudal future has come into view.
Manchin and Sinema Hold the Key for Democrats: Respecting Regional Differences
/in PoliticsModerates Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona hold the key for Democrats passing their legislative agenda, if Democrats can respect regional differences.
Work or Welfare?
/in Demographics, The EconomyDoes the baffling shortage of workers presage a post-work society, in which only a select few work and many live on the “welfare” of a universal basic income, their jobs having been eliminated by automation?
The Great Nudge
/in Demographics, PoliticsContemporary thought control takes the form of a gentle nudge that gradually closes off one’s critical faculties and leads one to comply.
Own Nothing and Love It
/in Demographics, The Economyby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Today, the class of small property owners is being undermined by tech and financial interests, and increasingly intrusive bureaucracies.
The Socialism America Needs
/in Politics, The EconomyClobbered by the pandemic, the capitalist dream is fading for too many: the socialism America needs is one that lifts its working-class people economically instead of one that promotes a social agenda.
The Reshoring Imperative
/in The Economyby Joel Kotkin and Michael Lind — The COVID-19 pandemic brought tragedy and disruption to America. But it has also provided another stark warning concerning the country’s disastrous over reliance on overseas production. However, reshoring America’s industrial base will require comprehensive national industrial policy.