— 3.9 million people quit their jobs in June.
— “We’re seeing the craziest counter-offers I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” says a recruiter. read more »
It's All About the Money: Who's Not Working?
by Jane Wells 08/13/2021
— 3.9 million people quit their jobs in June. — “We’re seeing the craziest counter-offers I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” says a recruiter. read more » »
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Changing Boundaries, Changing Perceptions
by Pete Saunders 08/12/2021
What if I told you that Chicago is a midsized, dense urban hub of 800,000 people, surrounded by more than 400 suburbs anchoring a large metro area of 9.5 million? Or that Indianapolis reached its peak population of 476,000 in 1960, and has slipped below 300,000 for the first time since 1930? Or that New York City reached its population peak of 3.4 million in 1950, lost nearly a million people to fall to 2.6 million by 1980, and once again crossed the 3 million person threshold just this past decade? read more » »
June Transit 50% of Pre-Pandemic Ridership
by Randal OToole 08/11/2021
Transit ridership reached 50 percent of pre-pandemic levels in June, according to data released late last week by the Federal Transit Administration. This leaves transit well behind Amtrak, which carried 63 percent as many passenger miles read more »
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What is Good for the Climate Geese is NOT Good for the Ganders
by Ronald Stein 08/10/2021
The billionaires prolificating “green” for the world, such as Mike Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, and others are the same individuals amassing huge carbon footprints for their numerous private jets, houses, boats, and cars. read more » »
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Critical Race Theory Ignores Anti-Semitism
by Joel Kotkin and Edward Heyman 08/09/2021
National Socialism, Maoism and Marxism-Leninism all have one thing in common: they boil down human experience to one aspect, such as race or class, and diminish the struggles and achievements of much of humanity. read more » »
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Biden and Social Wages
by Jack Metzgar 08/08/2021
If Biden’s American Family Plan becomes law as he proposed it, my grand-niece Harri will finally have a “modest yet adequate” standard of living based on a new commitment from the federal government to provide social wages. read more » »
The Suburbs Will Thrive or Fail on Their Own Terms
by John Sanphillippo 08/06/2021
In March I bought a modest, two-bedroom 1950 tract house in Madison, Wisconsin. It’s not going to win any awards for cutting-edge design, but it’s solid, respectable, and in a safe, quiet neighborhood with a premium school district. read more » »
Garcetti's Legacy
by Joel Kotkin 08/05/2021
President Joe Biden has nominated Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti as ambassador to India. Assuming the Senate confirms him, Garcetti, who would leave office early (his second term ends in December 2022), might find India familiar in certain respects. Like Mumbai or Delhi, Los Angeles now has massive homeless encampments throughout the city read more » »
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Minorities Dominate Suburban Growth
by Wendell Cox 08/04/2021
There continues to be a perception among many that America’s suburbs and exurbs are overwhelmingly White-Non-Hispanic, with little minority population. Nothing could be further from the truth, is indicated by an analysis of major metropolitan area growth, using the City Sector Model read more »
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The Battle for Cities
by Joel Kotkin 08/03/2021
America’s cities face an existential crisis that threatens their future status as centers of culture, politics, and the economy. Many urban advocates continue to delude themselves that U.S. cities are about to experience a massive post-pandemic return to “normal.” But the disruptive technological, demographic, and social changes of recent times are more likely to upend the old geographic hierarchy than to revive it. read more » »
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