The much-celebrated California boom is facing a harsh reality.
Everything was looking good, based on enormous growth in capital gains in tech stocks and property, and some in Sacramento assumed the bounty would last — until it didn’t. read more »
EconomicsCalifornia's Budget Surplus Has Vanished; Its Economy is Facing a Harsh Reality
by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky 01/17/2023
The much-celebrated California boom is facing a harsh reality. Everything was looking good, based on enormous growth in capital gains in tech stocks and property, and some in Sacramento assumed the bounty would last — until it didn’t. read more » »
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Welcome to Austin
by Pete Saunders 01/13/2023
I'm going to make a little deviation from the bulk of the "Welcome to..." stories you see below, which mostly focus on South Side Chicago neighborhoods (the exceptions are Rosemont, in Chicago's northwest suburbs, and Park Forest, in the south suburbs). read more » »
It's Time for Region to Collect Opportunity We Left on the Table
by Dale Buss 01/11/2023
For all the talk about how the pandemic, remote work, social distancing and other huge new developments have dislodged traditional patterns in business and life in America and created vast new opportunities in the process, Flyover Country has left a lot on the table. read more » »
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Can Capitalism Save Hollywood?
by Joel Kotkin 01/08/2023
After a decade of rapid growth, the nation’s media and entertainment complex is facing retrenchment and, perhaps, a necessary reappraisal. Firms are consolidating. Workers are being laid off at Disney read more » »
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North America Has An Opportunity to Lead the World
by Joel Kotkin 01/05/2023
For generations, pundits the world over have insisted that the future will be forged elsewhere — Europe for some, Japan for others and, more recently, China. Yet, in reality, the United States and Canada may well be best positioned for a changing world, if our leaders can leverage our natural advantages. read more » »
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The Collapse of the Progressive Economy
by Joel Kotkin 01/04/2023
In recent decades, progressive politics has been underwritten by the ascendant economic titans of capital, technology, and communication. Big Tech and financial firms have long financed Democratic causes, led by those such as George Soros and the now-disgraced crypto-master Sam Bankman-Fried, who was released last month on a $250 million bail deal. read more » »
Infective Maltruism
by Thomas Buckley 01/03/2023
Is charity still charity when it is performed for uncharitable reasons? Looking beyond the “aw, neat, what a great person” façade of “effective altruism,” (see here, with a grain of salt… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism ) one clearly finds a level of narcissistic cynicism and a will to the permanent power that financial immortality affords that is only matched by the level of the funds being dispersed. read more » »
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Why Sen. Josh Hawley Telling Young Men to Man Up Won't Work
by Aaron M. Renn 01/01/2023
One of the reasons I started writing my newsletter was that I saw so many young men turning to online gurus for life advice rather than seeking direction from traditional institutions and authority figures, particularly the church. read more » »
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Washington, Colorado, and Oregon: The Next Domestic Outmigration Wave?
by Wendell Cox 12/30/2022
The newly published US Census Bureau state and District of Columbia population estimates contain some surprises about changing growth and net domestic migration (movement between states) patterns. read more » »
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Home Building and Developing in The New Normal
by Rick Harrison 12/27/2022
In a recent YouTube video Avoid These Cities (Housing Crash 2022) EPB Research provides an analysis of the national market. In general, West Coast is bad and East Coast is OK, especially the southeast. The overly regulated western states with higher raw land prices and huge city fees result in higher home prices. read more » »
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