Europe’s Knowledge Geography is Shifting Towards Low Taxes and Competitive Energy

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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 »

Elite Arrogance is Fueling the Rise of the Global Right

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

U.S. Residential Building Permits by Market Size: 2023

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In 2023 a total of more than 1.5 million residential building permits were issued in the United States, according to the Census Bureau.  read more »

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Is California Shifting to the Center?

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In the election’s wake, California remains part of the Left Coast, clinging to the western edge of Trump world, more an outlier than a trendsetter.  read more »

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The Crumbling of the Democratic Empire

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Ever since the rise of Barack Obama, Democrats have seen themselves as destined to rule. With his presidential victory in 2008, they created a seemingly unbridgeable political empire.  read more »

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The Bug Out Mindset

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There have been a lot of articles in recent years about billionaires building bunkers in remote locations like New Zealand.  read more »

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10 Can't-Miss Election Predictions

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

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How Wokeness Could Cost the Democrats the Election

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This time around, Hillary Clinton is not lamenting Republican ‘deplorables’. She has chosen instead, along with Kamala Harris, to label Donald Trump and his supporters as out-and-out fascists. Different words but the same meaning: anyone who backs the GOP candidate in next week’s US presidential election is an enabler for modern-day blackshirts or stormtroopers.  read more »

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Americas Future Lies in the South

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Every morning, just as the sun rises, Charleston Harbor hosts a scene of stirring patriotism. There, in the courtyard of Fort Sumter, tourists raise a huge American flag, helped along by a National Park Service ranger.  read more »

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Latino Voters Are Abandoning Kamala Harris and the Democrats

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Support for the Democrats among black voters shows signs of some erosion, but it’s Latinos – now the country’s largest racial minority – who may prove the critical decider  read more »