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Manhattan and other urban business centers are in peril as workers continue to work remotely.

The Death of the Great American City

August 23, 2023/in Demographics

The decline of the office represents a threat to the very economic function of the great American city, as workers refuse long commutes and continue to work remotely.

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Vivek Ramaswamy reflects the largely unnoticed ascendancy of Indian Americans not only in politics but also in technology, business, and education.Gage Skidmore, under CC SA 2.0 License

Indian Americans Are Finding Their Political Voice

August 21, 2023/in Politics

Ramaswamy reflects the remarkable, and largely unnoticed, ascendancy of the Indian American community not only in politics but also in technology, business, and education.

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Richard Bilkszto, image from social media

Richard Bilkszto Won’t Be the Last Victim of the Diversity-Industrial Complex

August 18, 2023/in Urban Affairs

Bilkszto ran into the buzz saw of an ever expanding “diversity-industrial complex” that, though it harasses some, also provides high wage employment to a generation of college graduates.

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A new middle class rebellion is gaining steam

Class, Nation, and the Future

August 15, 2023/in Politics

While important, cultural issues are not the main concerns of most Americans. Instead, as Gallup surveys reveal, the more critical issues for most remain jobs, housing, and the economy.

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Debate: DeSantis vs. NewsomGage Skidmore, used under CC 2.0 License

Debating Gavin Newsom Will Boost Ron DeSantis

August 9, 2023/in California, Politics

A potential face-off on Fox TV between Florida’s Ron DeSantis and California’s Gavin Newsom may not remind anyone of Lincoln versus Douglas, or even Kennedy and Nixon.

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Empty downtown areas persist as economic activity moves to the periphery in emerging new cities

Save Our Cities

August 4, 2023/in Urban Affairs

To save our cities, it’s time to create better neighborhoods where people will want to spend their time — instead of building ever bigger high-rise office buildings.

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Sam Altman speaks at a tech conference about artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence is the Crack Cocaine of the Digital Age

July 28, 2023/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

AI may become the crack cocaine of the digital age, offering the highs of facility and speed to the masses without giving most of us anything good.

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Globalism fail

Why Globalism Failed

July 26, 2023/in Urban Affairs

Not so long ago, the West was captivated by visions of the ‘end of history’. Francis Fukuyama, Thomas Friedman, Kenichi Ohmae and others envisaged the permanent triumph of a global […]

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Does technology and AI spell the rise of an age of anti-humanism?

Woe, the Humanity: How AI Fits into Rising Anti-Humanism

July 24, 2023/in Demographics

by Joel Kotkin and Samuel J. Abrams — The astounding capabilities of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence have triggered fears about the coming age of machines leaving little place for human creativity or employment.

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Does Bidenomics work for Iowans — and most Americans?Gage Skidmore, used under CC 2.0 License

Bidenomics Isn’t Working

July 20, 2023/in Politics, Rural Policy, The Economy

Joe Biden is on the campaign trail touting the economy under his leadership, but is ‘Bidenomics’ working for most Americans?

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