Empire State Building Toward Wins for Trump, Hillary
Appearing in: Orange County Register New Yorkers like to think of themselves as ahead of the curve but, this year, they seem to be embracing the most regressive politics. The […]
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America’s Software And Tech Hotspots
Appearing in: Forbes Where is America’s tech and software industry thriving? In a new study conducted for the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp., researchers took an interesting stab at that question, assessing […]
California Leaders Double Down on Dry
Appearing in: Orange County Register “What do we do with this worthless area, the region of savages and wild beasts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and […]
A $15 Minimum Wage Is A Booby Prize For American Workers
Appearing in: Forbes In principle, there is solid moral ground for the recent drive to boost the minimum wage to $15, with California and New York State taking dramatic steps Monday toward […]
Aristocracy of Talent: Social Mobility Is the Silver Lining to America’s Inequality Crisis
Appearing in: The Daily Beast Yes, wealth concentration is insane. But the ways in which wealth is shifting are surprising—and give reason for a little optimism. In an age of […]
Singapore’s Midlife Crisis
Appearing in: The City Journal Lee Kwan Yew, one of the great political architects of our time, died a year ago, but the regime he established in Singapore remains entrenched […]
The Sun Belt Is Rising Again, New Census Numbers Show
From 2009-11, Americans seemed to be clustering again in dense cities, to the great excitement urban boosters. The recently released 2015 Census population estimates confirm that was an anomaly. Americans have strongly returned to their decades long pattern of greater suburbanization
Even as They Retire, it’s Still About the Boomers
Appearing in: Orange County Register America’s baby boomers, even as they increasingly enter retirement, continue to dominate our political economy in ways no previous group of elderly has done. Sadly, […]
Trumpism: America’s Berlusconi Moment
Appearing in: The Daily Beast Trump envisioned and created today’s city of white boxes for rootless new money types, who dominate the city even as they leave little mark here. […]
Farewell, Grand Old Party
Appearing in: Orange County Register The increased likelihood of Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee, as evidenced by his win in Florida and other states last week, spells the […]
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