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How to Make Post-Suburbanism Work
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register Are you ready to become a “real” city yet, Southern California? Being “truly livable,” our betters suggest, means being “infatuated” with spending more billions of […]
California’s Road to Leviathan
/in California, PoliticsBy Joel Kotkin — At a time when technology and public opinion should be expanding the boundaries of innovation and…
OC Model: A Vision for Orange County’s Future
/in California, The EconomyThis is the introduction to a new report on Orange County published by the Chapman University Center for Demographics and Policy titled, “OC Model: A Vision for Orange County’s Future.” […]
OC Model: A Vision for Orange County’s Future
/in California, Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsBlessed by a great climate and a highly skilled workforce, Orange County should be at the forefront of creating high wage jobs. The fact that it is not should be a worrying sign to the area’s business, academic, political and media leaders. Despite some signs of recovery in OC, long-term trends, such as a dependence on asset inflation and low wage employment, seem fundamentally incompatible with sustainable and enduring growth in the County.
Is there a future for the GOP?
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Orange County Register Cities, noted René Descartes, should provide “an inventory of the possible,” a transformative experience—and a better life—for those who migrate to them. This was […]
Urbanism, Texas-Style
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The City Journal Cities, noted René Descartes, should provide “an inventory of the possible,” a transformative experience—and a better life—for those who migrate to them. This was certainly […]
Local Govt. Control: The Ignored Campaign Issue
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics In an election cycle full of spittle and bile, arguably the greatest issue — the nature of governance and the role of citizens — has […]
Are Baby Boomers Turning Out to be the Worst Generation?
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register I have seen the best minds of my generation, to steal a phrase from the late Allen Ginsberg, driven to heights of self-absorption, advocating policies […]
Jerry Brown’s Housing Hypocrisy
/in California, Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register Jerry Brown worrying about the California housing crisis is akin to the French policeman played by Claude Rains in “Casablanca” being “shocked, shocked” about gambling […]
The New Culture War Dividing America
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Spiked Online
The stirring speech made by the openly gay tech billionaire Peter Thiel at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland marked a critical change in the nature of the Culture Wars in the US. Rather than boo him…