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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.
Amazon Eats Up Whole Foods as the New Masters of the Universe Plunder America
/in Politics, The EconomyWith his acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has made clear his determination to dominate every facet of mass retailing, likely at the cost of massive layoffs…
Joel Kotkin on California’s Descent into Socialism
/in California, In the NewsCalifornia prides itself on being the resistance. Resist Trump, fight climate change, be progressive, it’s all a bunch of nonsense. There’s no way the left’s ideas can really work. California has become a dangerous liberal experiment.
Is America Now Second-Rate?
/in PoliticsPresident Donald Trump’s recent renunciation of the Paris climate change accords has spurred “the international community” to pronounce America’s sudden exit from global leadership.
Where Manufacturing is Thriving in the U.S.
/in Demographics, The EconomyThroughout the dismal presidential campaign, the plight of America’s manufacturing sector played a central role. Despite all the concerns raised about factory jobs leaving the country…
California’s Descent to Socialism
/in California, PoliticsCalifornia is widely celebrated as the fount of technical, cultural and political innovation. Now we seem primed to outdo even ourselves, creating a new kind of socialism that, in the end, more resembles feudalism than social democracy.
The Coming Democratic Civil War
/in Demographics, PoliticsEven before the election of Donald Trump, and more so afterwards, the dysfunction of the GOP has been glaringly obvious. Yet, favorability ratings for the Democrats, notes Gallup, have also been dropping, and are nearly identical to that of the Republicans.