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The Future of Cities - a collection of essays

The Future of Cities

January 15, 2023/in Urban Affairs

Whatever the future holds for humanity, it is likely to take place in an urban context. Yet, as this book will demonstrate, there are many, and sometimes divergent, urban futures. This book is being published as a series, with permission of the American Enterprise Institute. Please return weekly to read each chapter as it is published.

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Capitol Hill during the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2013

A Nation of Giants Led By Pygmies

January 11, 2023/in Politics

How does an America led by mediocrities succeed? For the US is a great country led by small minds. The secret sauce lies in two great assets – America’s geography and its constitution.

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Hollywood progressives find limited audience

Can Capitalism Save Hollywood?

January 9, 2023/in The Economy

Can capitalism save Hollywood? Americans are increasingly tuning out media and movies that ignore shared culture and history—cutting into profits for media elites. Will they respond by returning to media with broader audience appeal?

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North America - especially the United States and Canada may be best positioned to lead a changing world

North America Has An Opportunity to Lead the World

January 6, 2023/in Politics, The Economy

For generations, pundits the world over have insisted that the future will be forged elsewhere – yet the United States and Canada may be best positioned to lead the changing world, if our leaders can leverage our natural advantages.

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The Collapse of the Progressive Economy

January 5, 2023/in Politics

As the world wakes up to the reality that material goods underlying daily life matter a great deal, the tech fueled progressive economy is in collapse. The coming years will likely see the rise of the “sophisticated, technically capable blue-collar worker”.

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being prisoners of ideology leads to political dysfunction

Prisoners of Ideology

December 24, 2022/in Politics

Until we return to our tradition of a pragmatic approach to politics, America’s electorate – and its politicians – will remain prisoners of ideology.

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Reparations is a trap, unlikely to help those in poverty, or address climate change

The Reparations Trap

December 19, 2022/in Politics

As political progressives seek to remedy historical guilt, their focus on reparations is a potential trap unlikely to address poverty or climate change.

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New York City must change to survive

How New York City Can Survive

December 15, 2022/in Urban Affairs

New York City continues to struggle post-pandemic, as do many large cities. To survive, urban metros must change to become more livable for middle and working class families.

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Post-Charlottesville vigil in Washington, DC

Normalizing Jew-Hatred

December 12, 2022/in Demographics, Politics

The worst thing about the aftermath of Donald Trump’s repast last month with two open anti-Semites—Kanye West and Nick Fuentes—was not the predictable liberal outrage and conservative cowardice, but how the incident has been accepted as part of normal discourse.

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Immigration in Canada, a citizenship ceremony is shown.

To Embrace Immigration, Canada Must Reject Trudeau’s Racialized Policies

December 9, 2022/in Demographics, Politics

Along with immigration’s many benefits, Canada could see intensification of racialism and identity politics, the kind that is threatening to tear apart an already deeply divided United States.

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