Demographics

What Are Economies For?

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What is the purpose of a nation’s economy? Is it to maximize the wealth and power of its governing elites, no matter the consequences for the rest of the population?  read more »

New Metropolitan Area Delineation: New York, Chicago and Washington Contract

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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a new metropolitan area delineation. Metropolitan areas are composed of counties.  read more »

Could War in Gaza Sink Joe Biden?

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American politics is often said to follow James Carville’s notion that ‘it’s the economy, stupid’. And the economy could well still determine the winner of the 2024 presidential election.  read more »

The Work from Home Revolution: Data and Policy Implications

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The rise of remote and hybrid work has brought about a significant shift in how people access employment opportunities, reducing the need for physical commuting. This article examines the latest data  read more »

Europe is Burning

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Ever since the earliest days of the Republic, American intellectuals, artists, and statesmen looked to Europe for models.  read more »

Women, Electrified

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Electricity is essential for all human beings. But it is particularly beneficial for women and girls because it frees them from the drudgery of energy poverty. Put short, electricity emancipates women and girls from the pump, the stove, and the washtub.  read more »

Will Jews Return to the Ghetto?

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It is a warm Monday morning in Rome, and the city’s ancient ghetto resembles an armed camp. As carabinieri line the streets, a cloud of melancholy hangs in the air: not only had more than 1,400 Jews recently been slaughtered in Israel, but the date — October 16 — marks the anniversary of its residents forced evacuation to the concentration camps. History, it seems, is repeating itself.  read more »

Many of Hollywood and Silicon Valley Jews Are Silent on Israel

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Back in the early days of California’s ascendancy, the state was described as “the Jews’ early paradise”, a place where the lack of social norms, and enormous opportunities, were ideal for enterprising people  read more »

Samuel Huntington was Right: Cultural and Religious Clashes are Driving War Today

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History is rearing its ugly head, and it would best not to look away. Time to put away our foolish utopian dreams and face the harsher, more divided world, predicted in Samuel Huntington’s 2011 book  read more »

Top Zip Codes for New Apartments: 2018 - 2022

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Rentcafe.com has just published a list of the 51 ZIP Codes in the United States that have had the most apartment construction over the last five years (2018-2022).  read more »