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Boomers are leaving an economic disaster that robs the young of prospects for upward mobility

How the Boomers Robbed the Young of All Hope

May 16, 2022/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy

By virtually every indication, the baby boomers have robbed the young by leaving a heritage of economic carnage that shapes the future for the worse and even threaten democratic self-rule.

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Between the Stupid and the Evil

May 13, 2022/in Politics, Religion

It is commonplace, even among Republicans, to label the Republicans ‘the stupid party’, while lambasting the Democrats as ‘the evil party’. Today, both parties are working overtime to live up to their reputations, to the detriment of all Americans.

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Big Tech is the biggest threat to our democracy

The Independent Republics of Big Tech Are the Biggest Threat to Democracy

May 11, 2022/in Politics, The Economy

The biggest threat to democracy is America’s largest tech companies, routinely exporting jobs, money and technology to our most significant global adversary.

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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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