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State Governments Are Oppressive, Too
/in California, PoliticsHistorically, the battle over the size and scale of government has been focused largely on “states’ rights.” This federalist notion also has been associated with many shameful things, such as slavery, Jim Crow laws and other abuses of personal freedom.
What’s the Future of Beleaguered Fossil Fuels?
/in California, Politics, The EconomyPerhaps no economic issue — even trade — is as divisive as the energy industry. Once a standard driver of economic progress, the conventional energy industry has become increasingly vilified by the national media…
Why the Greens Lost and Trump Won
/in Politics, The EconomyWhen President Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accords, embraced coal, and stacked his administration from people from fossil-fuel producing states, the environmental movement reacted with near-apocalyptic fear and fury.
High-Flying California Charts Its Own Path — Is A Cliff Ahead?
/in California, The EconomyAs its economy bounced back from the Great Recession, California emerged as a progressive role model, yet the state’s once remarkably varied and vital economy has become dangerously dependent on the Bay Area tech boom.
Is California Anti-family?
/in California, Demographics, The EconomyIn its race against rapidly aging Europe and East Asia, America’s relatively vibrant nurseries have provided some welcome demographic dynamism. Yet, in recent years, notably since the Great Recession and the weak recovery that followed, America’s birthrate has continued to drop, and is now at a record low.
Can California Survive a Tech Bust?
/in California, The EconomyCalifornia’s economic revival may prove to be far more vulnerable than its boosters imagine, with the tech slowdown — especially the notable slowdown in startup formation.
Why Socialism is Back
/in PoliticsEven as Venezuela falls deeper into crisis, and the former Soviet bloc nations groan under its legacy, socialism is coming back, and in a big way.
The Cities Creating the Most High-Wage Jobs
/in Demographics, The EconomyAs the country moves toward full employment, at least as economists define it, the quality of jobs has replaced joblessness as the primary concern.
How to Take Advantage of the Retail Apocalypse
/in California, The EconomyThe massive shift of retail to the web is beginning to claw into the last remaining bastions of physical space. In the last year alone, 50,000 positions were lost in the retail sector…
Want to be green? Forget mass transit. Work at home.
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsExpanding mass-transit systems is a pillar of green and “new urbanist” thinking, but with few exceptions, the idea of ever-larger numbers of people commuting into an urban core ignores a major shift in the labor economy: More people are working from home.