Entries by Mark Schill

Madison job growth ranks in the middle of the pack

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By: Mike Ivey In: Madison Capital Times When economists read the statistical tea leaves, seeking signs of an easing recession, they often look for a bottoming of the stock market […]

Large Cities Need Healthy Churches to Survive

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By: Michael Clary In: Everything is Backwards Blog So writes Joel Kotkin, in The American. In this article, Kotkin asserts that large metropolitan areas have become havens for the uber-rich […]

Budget cutting difficult task for Inland Empire cities

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By: Andrew Edwards In: The Sun – San Bernadino and Inland Empire Budget cutting is like the political equivalent of surgery without anesthesia. However government officials try to slice their […]

Consulting

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Joel Kotkin has been asked by numerous civic, business and governmental organizations to help develop plans for their future development. He combines historical insights and theories developed in his prolific […]

Budget woes placing California into unknown territory

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Since Tuesday, when Californians shrugged off Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s warning of “fiscal Armageddon” and voted down a package of budget-balancing ballot measures, everybody has wondered what the worst part of […]