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The Cities Where African-Americans Are Doing The Best Economically
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes The U.S. may have its first black president, but these have not been the best of times for African-Americans. Recent shootings of unarmed black teenagers and the […]
California’s Rebound Mostly Slow, Unsteady
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register California, after nearly five years in recession, has made something of a comeback in recent years. Job growth in the state – largely due to […]
Don’t Boost Cities by Bashing the ‘Burbs
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register There is nothing like a trip to Washington, D.C., to show how out of touch America’s ruling classes have become. I was in the nation’s […]
Seven Years Ago, Wall Street was the Villain. Now it Gets to Call the Shots
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Guardian The recent passage by Congress of new legislation favourable to loosening controls on risky Wall Street trading is just the most recent example of the consolidation of plutocratic […]
Measuring Economic Growth, by Degrees
/in California, Demographics, The EconomyAppearing 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
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing 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 […]
What will our Latino Future Look Like?
/in California, DemographicsAppearing 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
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing 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 […]
Can Abe Tackle The Real Reason For Japan’s Decline? (Procreation)
/in DemographicsAppearing 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
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing 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 […]