How Silicon Valley Could Destabilize The Democratic Party

Appearing in: Forbes Much has been written, often with considerable glee, about the worsening divide in the Republican Party between its corporate and Tea Party wings. Yet Democrats may soon face their […]

Political, Economic Power Grow More Concentrated

Appearing in: Orange County Register Generally speaking, we associate the quest for central government control to be very much a product of the extremes of left and right. But increasingly, […]

Neither Party Dealing with More-Rigid Class Structure

Appearing in: Orange County Register President Obama’s most-recent pivot toward the issue of “inequality” and saving the middle class might be seen as something of an attempt to change the […]

What is a City For?

The attached report is derived from a speech given last spring in Singapore at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The notion here is to lay out a new, […]

The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014

Appearing in: Forbes America’s economy may be picking up steam, but it remains a story of parts, with the various regions of the country performing in often radically divergent ways. […]

The Blue-Collar Heroes of the Inland Empire

Appearing in: Orange County Register The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield (nee Jacob Cohen), whose signature complaint was that he “can’t get no respect,” would have fit right in, in the […]

Downsizing the American Dream

Appearing in: Orange County Register At this time of year, with Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, there’s a tendency to look back at our lives and those of our families. We […]

Where Working-Age Americans Are Moving

Appearing in: Forbes Barrels of ink and money have been devoted to predictions of where Americans will migrate, particularly younger ones. If you listen to big developer front groups such […]

The Geography Of Aging: Why Millennials Are Headed To The Suburbs

Appearing in: Forbes One supposed trend, much celebrated in the media, is that younger people are moving back to the city, and plan to stay there for the rest of […]

China Failing its Families

Appearing in: Orange County Register China’s recent decision to reverse – at least in part – its policy limiting most couples to one child marks a watershed in thinking about […]