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Davos speaks but world leaders don't actually listen.

Beyond Davos

March 2, 2023/in Politics, The Economy

More than anything, Davos demonstrates not power—it has no legislative or regulatory power—but the relentless search for prestige and recognition. The important decisions are made beyond Davos.

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Asian and Jews discriminated against while being held up as "model minorities"

Are Asians the New Jews?

February 28, 2023/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

In countries where Asians and Jews immigrated in large numbers, they have long followed a common path. Both groups occupy a dual position: discriminated against for standing out, while at the same time held up as models of success.

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Now leaving California

California’s Budget Deficit Spells Trouble

February 27, 2023/in California, The Economy

California’s budget deficit spells trouble for the state, as its recent budget surplus has vanished in part due to a struggling tech sector and dropping property prices.

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Africa's Urban Future

The Future of Cities: Africa’s Urban Future

February 24, 2023/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

The urban future in the coming decades will be largely an African one. Now home to 12 of the world’s largest cities and four megacities; Africa has the world’s fastest-growing urban population.

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The Jewish community has outgrown this antisemitic trope, but Sam Bankman Fried's current legal peril epitomizes the "fall of the Jewish gangster"

The Fall of the Jewish Gangster

February 24, 2023/in Demographics, Politics, Urban Affairs

To reflexive antisemites, Bankman-Fried epitomizes the “fall of the Jewish gangster” but this misses the changes he represents, more a malicious cleverness of the new tech oligarchy rather than one of old tribal traditions.

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The Future of Chinese Cities

The Future of Cities: The Future of Chinese Cities

February 20, 2023/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

China represents the cutting edge of 21st century urbanism. The successes and failures of Chinese cities will shape global perceptions of city life, not only in that country but around the world.

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Labor force participation in the U.S. has declined along with the decline in labor unions.

Mysteries of the Labor Force

February 17, 2023/in The Economy

One of the enduring mysteries of contemporary society centers on the seeming disassociation of so much of the labor force from the economy.

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Rural communities are protesting energy & agricultural policies scripted by urban "green" promoters

The Rural Revolution a Welcome Counter to the Liberal Green Agenda

February 16, 2023/in Politics, Rural Policy

Energy and agricultural policies that follow the globalist green script may appeal to denizens of Toronto’s towers and swankier neighborhoods, but can be regarded with horror by farmers in rural Manitoba or oil-riggers in Alberta.

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California's job market has multi-dimensional problems

California Jobs: A Multi-Dimensional Problem

February 15, 2023/in California, Reports

This newly released report by Joel Kotkin, Marshall Toplansky, Heather Gonzales, and Ken Murphy examines how California can recreate the middle-class jobs it used to have, and grow overall prosperity for its citizens.

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The retreat from globalism is taking a turn toward a new localism.

The Retreat from Globalism

February 13, 2023/in Politics, The Economy

Today’s turn against globalism need not herald a return to the dark days of aggressive nationalism. Instead, we are seeing the rise of a new community-based and self-governing model of localism.

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