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Serfs Up with California's New Feudalism
Is California the most conservative state?Now that I have your attention, just how would California qualify as a beacon of conservatism? It depends how you define the term.Since the rise of Ronald...
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Chicago Is Winning the Battle for the Executive Headquarters
The corporate headquarters used to be the primary measure of a city’s economic clout. Saskia Sassen, while not ignoring headquarters, documented how in the age of globalization, the resurgence of the...
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Demographics and Commodities Crash Slowing Growth of Poorer Countries
Changing demographics and the commodities crash have slowed down the development of poorer countries.Perhaps it all started with a turn in China’s demographics. Demand growth for commodities has...
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Super Bowl: Super Subsidy Sunday
The National Football League runs on backhand payments to athletic organizations, sweetheart contracts, and monopoly pricing, in addition to screwing over its fan base by moving teams around. Its...
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Millennials Heed the Siren Call of Socialism
The biggest story this election season is not Donald Trump or the fortunes of the two winners in Iowa, the unattractive tag team of Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton. For all their attempts to seem current...
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This Is Why You Can’t Afford a House
The rising cost of housing is one of the greatest burdens on the American middle class. So why hasn’t it become a key issue in the presidential primaries?There’s little argument that inequality, and...
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Intercity Buses: 2015 Was A Smooth Ride
As a former airline pricing analyst who once viewed the intercity bus as an inconsequential player in major markets, I am perhaps an unlikely champion of this mode’s potential. But since Megabus made...
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Best Baseball Towns
Indulge me please as I tried to write my first sports column. No, I have no intention of applying for the job of newgeography.com’s sports editor and others have been far more prolific on this issue. I...
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MENA Economies: Trouble Ahead
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are ill prepared for the coming population boom.War, terrorism, repression and poverty are all common features in much of today’s Middle East...
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Education and Economic Growth
It is an article of faith among California’s political class that insufficient higher educational opportunities are a constraint on California’s economic and job growth. Just about every California...
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The Religious Right is Being Left Behind
The religious right, once a major power in American politics, is entering an uncomfortable dotage. Although numerous and well-organized enough to push Ted Cruz over the top in Iowa, the social...
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We Now Join the U.S. Class War Already in Progress
Neither Trump nor Sanders started the nation’s current class war—the biggest fight over class since the New Deal—but both candidates, as different as they are, have benefited.Class is back. Arguably,...
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Just How Much has Los Angeles Transit Ridership Fallen?
Los Angeles transit ridership has fallen even more than a recent Los Angeles Times front page story indicated, according to Thomas A. Rubin, who served as Chief Financial Officer (auditor/controller)...
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Black Homes Matter: The Fate of Affordable Housing in Pittsburgh
“I live here. I’m from here. My whole family is here. We try to stay close together. This is America. I’m a Marine, I went to war three times. I served my country. It feels crazy not to be able...
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America's Senior Moment: The Most Rapidly Aging Cities
In the coming decades, the United States is going to look a lot greyer. By 2050, the number of Americans over 65 will almost double to 81.7 million, with their share of the overall population rising to...
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Saying Goodbye. Again.
December was a record month. I’ve said goodbye to five different households of friends and neighbors. Two more are on the fence – and the fence is leaning precariously. I’m pretty aggressive when it...
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Levittowns of the Future
This essay is part of a new report from the Center for Opportunity Urbanism called "America's Housing Crisis." The report contains several essays about the future of housing from various perspectives....
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Spreading the Wealth: Decentralization, Infrastructure, and Shared Prosperity
This essay is part of a new report from the Center for Opportunity Urbanism called "America's Housing Crisis." The report contains several essays about the future of housing from various perspectives....
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Hurdling the Obstacles to Millennial Home Ownership
Justin Chapman contributed research and editorial assistance to this piece. This essay is part of a new report from the Center for Opportunity Urbanism called "America's Housing Crisis." The report...
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"To the Suburb!" Lessons from Minorities and the New Immigrants
This essay is part of a new report from the Center for Opportunity Urbanism called "America's Housing Crisis." The report contains several essays about the future of housing from various perspectives....
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