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Welcome To Y’all Street: The Cities Challenging New York For Financial Supremacy
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes
From the earliest days of the Republic, banking and finance has largely been the purview of what one historian calls the “Yankee Empire.” Based largely in New York and Boston, later on financial centers grew along the main route of Yankee migration to Chicago and San Francisco…
California for Whom?
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register
“Old in error,” writes historian Kevin Starr, “California remains an American hope.” Historically, our state has been a beacon to outsiders seeking a main chance: from gold miners and former Confederates to Midwesterners displaced…
Today’s Tech Oligarchs Are Worse Than the Robber Barons
/in The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast Yes, Jay Gould was a bad guy. But at least he helped build societal wealth. Not so our Silicon Valley overlords. And they have our […]
California: The Economics of Delusion
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: The Orange County Register In Sacramento, and much of the media, California is enjoying a “comeback” that puts a lie to the argument that regulations and high taxes […]
The U.S. Cities Creating The Most White-Collar Jobs, 2016
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes The information sector may have glamour and manufacturing, nostalgia appeal, but the real action in high-wage job growth in the United States is in the vast realm […]
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/in Demographics, In the News, The EconomyWhy the World Is Rebelling Against ‘Experts’
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast An unconventional, sometimes incoherent, resistance arises to the elites who keep explaining why changes that hurt the middle class are actually for its own good. […]
Trump’s Racial Firebombs Weaken U.S.
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics The issue of race has scarred the entirety of U.S. history. Although sometimes overshadowed by the arguably more deep-seated issue of class, the racial divide […]
Brexit Will Be Britain’s Fourth of July
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast The campaign to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union, widely known as “Brexit,” is potentially on the verge of a huge victory […]
The U.S. Cities Where Manufacturing Is Thriving
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Perhaps no sector in the U.S. economy generates more angst than manufacturing. Over the past quarter century, manufacturing has hemorrhaged over 5 million jobs. The devastation of […]