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THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF EDUCATION, INCOME GROWTH AND POVERTY IN AMERICA
in Demographics, Education/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin 03/04/2015… In this column, we often rate metropolitan areas for their performance over one year, five or at most 10. But measuring economic and social progress often requires a longer lens, spanning decades. Nowhere is this clearer than in education, which many claim is the key to higher-wage economic growth. Yet there […]
CORRUPT ILLINOIS: NOT A FEW BAD APPLES
in Demographics, Economics, Planning/by Mike Newby Steve Bartin 02/26/2015 Despite a huge advantage in name recognition, massively more money, and a lift from President Obama, Rahm Emanuel failed to avoid a run-off Tuesday. It seems many Chicago residents are beginning to realize that our present system – and leaders – are leading us off a precipice. In the adopted home […]
Misunderstanding the millennials
in Economics, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike NewBY JOEL KOTKIN The millennial generation has had much to endure – a still-poor job market, high housing prices and a generally sour political atmosphere. But perhaps the final indignity has been the tendency for millennials to be spoken for by older generations, notably, well-placed boomers, who often seem to impose their own ideological fantasies, […]
The three faces of populism
in Demographics, Education, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike NewBY JOEL KOTKIN More than at any other time in recent memory, American politics now are centered on class and the declining prospects of the middle class. This is no longer just an issue for longtime leftists or Democratic or right-wing propagandists. It’s a reality so large that even the most detached and self-satisfied Republicans […]
10 MOST AFFLUENT CITIES IN THE WORLD: MACAU AND HARTFORD TOP THE LIST
in Demographics, Economics, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Wendell Cox 02/21/2015 The United States and Europe continue to dominate the list of strongest metropolitan areas (city) economies in the world, according to the Brookings Institution’s recently released Global Metro Monitor 2014.This is measured by gross domestic product per capita, adjusted for purchasing power parity (GDP-PPP). Brookings points out that this does not […]
EUROPE IS STILL A SECOND-RATE POWER
in Economics, Education, Housing, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin 02/21/2015 In the years after the Cold War, much was written about Europe’s emergence as the third great force in the global political economy, alongside Asia and the United States. Some, such as former French President Francois Mitterand’s eminence grise Jacques Attali, went even further: in his 1991 book Millenium Attali predicted […]
50 YEARS OF US POVERTY: 1960 TO 2010
in Demographics, Economics/by Joseph BecseyBy Richard Morrill 02/19/2015 Although inequality is the current focus of concern with income, it is in the end a story of the rich,the middle and the poor, who of course have not gone away. It is valuable to remind ourselves, particularly the young, about how pervasive poverty was 50 years ago, how poverty declined […]
TEXAS… DOOMED TO REPEAT CALIFORNIA’S MISTAKES?
in Event, Planning, Urban Issues/by Joseph BecseyTEXAS…DOOMED TO REPEAT CALIFORNIA’S MISTAKES? Please join Dick Weekley, Walt Mischer, Kendall Miller, Alan Hassenflu, and Leo Linbeck, III on March 12th, Hilton @ 2001 Post Oak Boulevard, Ballroom “C” 11:30 am Networking, Noon lunch Presentation and Panel, Adjourn @ 1:15 RSVP by March 9th – 866-573-8201 or contact-us@opportunityurbanism.org California’s tough environmental rules and planning […]
IS JAKARTA THE WORLD’S MOST CONGESTED CITY?
in Demographics, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Wendell Cox 02/13/2015 The world’s second-largest city, Jakarta, is its most congested according to the Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start Index. The Start-Stop Index estimates the average number of starts and stops per vehicle in 78 cities around the world. Jakarta drivers had 33,240 starts and stops annually according to the survey. A higher number of […]
THE EMERGING NEW ASPIRATIONAL SUBURB
in Demographics, Housing, Small Cities, Suburbs/by Mike Newby Aaron M. Renn Urban form in American cities is in a constant state of evolution. Until recent years, American suburbia was often built without an appreciation for future evolution. This has left many older suburbs in a deteriorated state, and has accelerated claims of a more generalized suburban decline. The Indianapolis suburb of Carmel represents […]