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Is Perestroika Coming In California?

June 12, 2012/in

Appearing in: Forbes.com When Jerry Brown was elected governor for a third time in 2010, there was widespread hope that he would repair the state’s crumbling and dysfunctional political edifice. […]

Facebook’s False Promise: STEM’s Quieter Side Of Tech Offers More Upside For America

June 6, 2012/in

Appearing in: Forbes.com Facebook‘s botched IPO reflects not only the weakness of the stock market, but a systemic misunderstanding of where the true value of technology lies. A website that, […]

It Can Happen Here: The Screwed Generation in Europe and America

June 4, 2012/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: The Daily Beast In Madrid you see them on the streets, jobless, aimless, often bearing college degrees but working as cabbies, baristas, street performers, or—more often—not at all. […]

Declining Birthrates Key to Europe’s Decline

May 31, 2012/in

Appearing in: Forbes.com The labor demonstrators, now an almost-daily occurrence in Madrid and other economically-devastated southern European cities, lambast austerity and budget cuts as the primary cause for their current […]

Seattle Is Leading An American Manufacturing Revival – Top Manufacturing Growth Regions

May 24, 2012/in The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com In this still tepid recovery, the biggest feel-good story has been the resurgence of American manufacturing. As industrial production has fallen in Europe and growth has slowed […]

Facebook’s IPO Testifies to Silicon Valley’s Power but Does Little for Other Californians

May 18, 2012/in California, The Economy

Appearing in: The Daily Beast The $104 billion Facebook IPO testifies to the still considerable innovative power of Silicon Valley, but the hoopla over the new wave of billionaires won’t […]

The Top U.S. Regions for Technology Jobs

May 17, 2012/in California, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com With Facebook poised to go public, the attention of the tech world, and Wall Street, is firmly focused on Silicon Valley. Without question, the west side of […]

Small Cities Are Becoming a New Engine Of Economic Growth

May 8, 2012/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

Appearing in: Forbes.com The conventional wisdom is that the world’s largest cities are going to be the primary drivers of economic growth and innovation. Even slums, according to a fawning […]

The New Class Warfare

April 30, 2012/in California, Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: The City Journal Few states have offered the class warriors of Occupy Wall Street more enthusiastic support than California has. Before they overstayed their welcome and police began […]

As California Collapses, Obama Follows Its Lead

April 27, 2012/in California, Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Barack Obama learned the rough sport of politics in Chicago, but his domestic policies have been shaped by California’s progressive creed. As the Golden State […]