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capitalist civil war ahead?

Do We Need a Capitalist Civil War?

May 6, 2022/in Politics, The Economy

Do we need a capitalist civil war? Capitalists are already divided into what he (Piketty) calls “the Brahmin Left” and the “merchant Right”. The recent hysteria of among progressives over Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter could signal the start of a more heated conflict, pitting market-oriented business interests against the gentry progressivism of so many of the largest firms.

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Los Angeles, looking toward coastal mountains

What the New York Times Won’t Admit About California

May 5, 2022/in California, Demographics, Politics

What the New York Times won’t admit about California: the connection between the California economy, the state’s level of regulation and the rising out-migrations.

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Austin, Texas downtown area, viewed from residential area.

America is Quietly Reinventing Itself

May 4, 2022/in Demographics

America is quietly reinventing itself as millennials increasingly move away from coastal metros to smaller cities and suburbs in the Sun Belt where they can find more affordable housing.

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Sydney, Australia - one of many increasingly unaffordable cities

Serfing the Future?

April 27, 2022/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Are we “serfing the future” as big capital and ever-more intrusive regulation creates a market in which home-ownership is out of reach and young people are forced into a lifetime of rental serfdom?

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Income inequality, steet poster

The Kids Are Not Alright and the Center is No Longer Holding

April 25, 2022/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy

Across the west, the young are losing faith in the future, as many millennials face diminished economic prospects with a lack of upward mobility.

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Gilets Jaunes, worker protest in France

The Working Classes Are a Volcano Waiting to Erupt

April 21, 2022/in Politics, The Economy, Urban Affairs

We may, as de Tocqueville put it during the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, be ‘sleeping on a volcano’. A still inchoate rebellion from below against the concentration of wealth and power above seems to be gathering momentum.

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is China's economic model cracking?

Red Dusk

April 19, 2022/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy

Is a red dusk on the horizon? China is an aging, increasingly class-ridden society facing slowing economic growth, a looming property meltdown, and demographic collapse.

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Homeless encampment in Oakland, CA

California’s Vanished Dreams, By the Numbers

April 16, 2022/in California, Politics, The Economy

Even today amid a mounting exodus among those who can afford it, and with its appeal diminished to businesses and newcomers, California, legendary state of American dreams, continues to inspire optimism among progressive boosters.

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Barn painted with Texas flag design

Texas Is The Future

April 15, 2022/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

A new urban renaissance is taking shape — and this time, it’s in the heart of Texas. Never before in American history have two metros in one state — Houston and Dallas-Ft. Worth — been in the nation’s five largest.

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A vast army of low-wage service economy workers underpins the American economy

America is Headed for Class Warfare

April 13, 2022/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy

Does the recent unionization vote at Amazon signal an opening round of class warfare? Inflation on top of economic inequality is driving a rising tide of class conflict.

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