U.S. Census Bureau - Household Median Income by County

Measuring Economic Growth, by Degrees

Appearing in: Orange County Register In this information age, brains are supposed to be the most valued economic currency. For California, where the regulatory environment is more difficult for companies […]

Our Father, Who Art In The Apple Store: The Decline Of Christmas And The Looming Tech Nightmare

Appearing in: Forbes In the past, this season was marked by a greater interest in divinity, the family hearth and the joy of children. Increasingly our society has been turning […]

2016 Election Results, California

What will our Latino Future Look Like?

Appearing in: Orange County Register President Obama’s amnesty edict, likely to be the first of other such measures, all but guarantees California’s increasingly Latino future. But, sadly, for all the […]

Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Once giants walked this earth, and some of them were Democrats. In sharp contrast to the thin gruel that passes for leadership today, the old […]

Demographics of Japan

Can Abe Tackle The Real Reason For Japan’s Decline? (Procreation)

Appearing in: Forbes Much has been made of Japan’s latest relapse into recession. For the most part, economists have focused on the efficacy of the once much-ballyhooed “Abenomics,” the stimulus and […]

The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Urban America is often portrayed as a tale of two kinds of places, those that “have it” and those who do not. For the most […]

The Curious Comeback Of U.S. Downtowns

Appearing in: Forbes Perhaps nothing better illustrates the notion of urban revival in America than the comeback of many downtown districts. Yet if these areas have recovered some of their […]

Downtown LA - photo by Wendell Cox

Southern California Stuck in Drive

Appearing in: Orange County Register Southern California has long been a nurturer of dreams that, while widely anticipated, often are never quite achieved. One particularly strong fantasy involves Los Angeles […]

New Class Order

Appearing in: Orange County Register In this predictably difficult year for the Democrats, the party of the people is turning, of all people, to its plutocrats. However much the party […]

Downtown Houston at Night

Legal but Still Poor: The Economic Consequences of Amnesty

Appearing in: The Daily Beast With his questionably Constitutional move to protect America’s vast undocumented population, President Obama has provided at least five million immigrants, and likely many more, with […]