Economics

For a generation, America’s working class, as well as much of its middle class, lost political power. Rather than build their appeal on class interests, politicians kowtowed to Wall Street, Big Tech elites, university ‘experts’ and identitarian interest groups.  read more »

With the recent BRICS conference, President Ramaphosa referred to Vladimir Putin as "our valued ally."  read more »

Most visitors to Stockholm and other Scandinavian cities and towns marvel not just at the cities themselves but at the residents and their lives as well.  read more »

Currently, major changes are happening in the knowledge geography in Europe. The study The geography of Europe’s brain business jobs measures the share of the working-age population across Europe employed in highly knowledge-intensive enterprises.  read more »

In a way not seen since the days of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Brian Mulroney, the right is on the march.  read more »

I have been interested in presidential politics and campaigns all my life. I cannot remember an uglier contest  read more »

No power on earth is more fearsome than a highly educated class that faces a constrained, even dismal, future.  read more »

Anyone who follow me here knows I write quite a bit about Midwestern cities. They’re what I know best and love most.  read more »

Does America even believe anymore in the saying on the Statue of Liberty’s plaque: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free?”  read more »

America is in the early days of a vast demographic transition. In the coming decades, the U.S. population will grow far more slowly than ever before  read more »