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Can COVID-19 Help Us Overcome Our Polarization?
Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting our family and social lives, our markets, our health care systems, and the very way societies function. Regrettably, the death toll will climb and...
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Class and the Challenge of COVID-19
COVID-19, the coronavirus that is spreading across the world, is wreaking havoc on working people and their families. Weeks after it burst onto the world scene, the end of this deadly threat is still...
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We Were Warned Not to Bunch Up
We were warned. After September 11, 2001, historian Stephen Ambrose told us what to do.“One of the first things you learn in the Army is that, when you and your fellow soldiers are within range of...
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The Wondrous, Magnificent Cities of the 21st Century
The American Conservative recently laid an egg. They published a misanthropic, pessimistically aggressive Malthusian screed, written by James Howard Kunstler.Kunstler’s “Why America’s Urban Dreams Went...
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Grass Roots
A couple of weeks ago I was visiting friends and the conversation turned to the ever more visible dilemmas in the neighborhood. We focused on two specific problems: the continuing expansion of the...
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Coronavirus and the future of living and working in America
By late spring, the most severe impacts from the coronavirus may be fading, but its impact on how we live and work will not go away. Indeed, many of the most relevant trends — including the rise of...
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Coronavirus Regional Economic Impacts and Policy Responses
Most regions were beginning to see an acceleration in economic growth during January and February 2020. The 20-state Heartland was poised to see a notable improvement in economic performance that will...
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Greta preaches many of the first Earth Day's failed predictions
More than three decades before Greta Thunberg was born — the Swedish environmental activist on climate change— more than 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970.We...
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The Coming Age of Dispersion
As of this writing, the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic remain uncertain. But one possible consequence is an acceleration of the end of the megacity era. In its place, we may now be...
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Home Sweet Home
The recent challenges from the coronavirus force us to shelter at home and think of our home in whole new ways. Traditionally, when a buyer looks for a house to purchase, they are usually thinking...
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Stockton, Fresno and Bakersfield Lead San Francisco Metro in Growth
In a March 26 article, The New York Times headlined: "Even before coronavirus, America's population was growing at slowest rate since 1919." Experts suggested that, with the coronavirus and falling...
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The End of New York
For over two centuries, New York has been the predominant urban center in North America. It remains the primary locale for the arts, culture, finance, and media, and will likely remain so for the...
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A Few Certainties About Covid-19
There is plenty that we do not know about the coronavirus. But let us take stock of the things that we do know for sure, and of some other things that we will soon know.Real-world ExponentialityBy now,...
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Coronavirus Hits Already-Vulnerable Heartland Oil And Gas Industries Hard
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on many areas of the economy, the Heartland's oil and gas industry is poised to take one of the hardest hits. In particular, Texas, Oklahoma, North...
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The Future of Office Space Real Estate Market
Last night, I interviewed 12 CEO’s in Orange County, CA. It was a group discussion that focused on what aspects of business are most likely to change once the coronavirus epidemic passes. Without...
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Coronavirus, Labor, and an Aging World
In the last few months, we have gradually realized the dire nature of this global pandemic, and our response has been? Nothing short of the creation of a new world: hopefully not on the ruins of the...
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After Coronavirus We Need to Rethink Densely Populated Cities
For the better part of this millennium, the nation’s urban planning punditry has predicted that the future lay with its densest, largest, and most cosmopolitan cities. Yet even before the onslaught of...
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Early Observations on the Pandemic and Population Density
It is still too early to draw precise conclusions on the extent to which the spread of the COVID-19 is related to urban population density. But there are important recurring themes. The following...
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Coronavirus and the Cities
As you can imagine, we are now ensconced in our homes in New York City. We are fine, even though the numbers surrounding us are alarming. The street bare empty and quiet. The food stores are full. We...
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Working-Class People Hold Society Together: Class and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted class inequalities. Commentators in the US, UK, and Australia are acknowledging that working-class people are more likely to suffer as a result of both the virus...
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