New research by Yadi Wang and David Levinson at the University of Sydney (Australia) casts considerable doubt on the outcomes of major transit projects in the United States read more »
Demographics
The Cost of Opportunity Cost Blindness to Riders and Taxpayers
by Wendell Cox 01/07/2024
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Illinois: Skilled Moving In, Unskilled Moving Out — At a New Loss
by Pete Saunders 01/05/2024
Too often, people interpret population numbers at face value and make a determination of a place’s success or failure based on absolute numbers. read more »
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Why the Right is Eating the Left's Lunch
by Joel Kotkin 01/04/2024
The Western world is experiencing the most dramatic political realignment since the rise of socialism over a century ago. The driving force then was the rise of the working class, created by the Industrial Revolution. read more »
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Pandemic Migration Patterns Continue
by Randal OToole 01/03/2024
A net 338,000 people who resided in California on July 1, 2022 had left the state by July 1, 2023, according to population estimates released by the Census Bureau last week. read more »
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Summary of World Urban Population by Nation and Region
by Wendell Cox 12/18/2023
Defining "Built-Up Urban Area"
The term urban area refers to a continuously built landmass devoted to urban development. Unlike metropolitan areas, urban areas have no rural land within their boundaries. read more »
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Multi-culti Reckoning
by Joel Kotkin 12/17/2023
The explosion of support for Hamas’s assault on human decency could well turn out to be the high-water mark of the progressive Left. The authoritarian multicultural ideology generated on campuses and transmitted dutifully by the established media has reached its apex and may now begin to descend. read more »
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Why I Do Not Support Christian Nationalism
by Aaron M. Renn 12/15/2023
I personally am not that interested in the Christian nationalism debate, but the Claremont Institute’s American Mind site asked me to write up my take on it for a symposium on the topic. read more »
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As Antisemitism Surges on the Left Jews are Pushed to the Right
by Joel Kotkin 12/14/2023
In the ever-shrinking world of the Jewish diaspora, Canada, along with Australia and the United States, hosts a most vital and comparatively healthy community. read more »
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How to Kill a Country
by Randal OToole 12/13/2023
Much of Seoul is a sea of high-rises. And not just Seoul: Busan and other cities in South Korea have lots of high rises. More than half of all South Korean households live in high rises read more »
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America’s 15-Minute Cities on Wheels: Fairer and More Efficient
by Wendell Cox 12/11/2023
The November 9 edition of The Economist magazine featured an article entitled “In praise of America’s car addiction: How vehicle dependence it makes the country fairer and more efficient.” read more »
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