Bruce Springsteen’s name may be on the marquee of the Jeep Super Bowl ad featuring The Boss, which is titled “The Middle.” But Lebanon, Kansas -- the real middle -- is the star. read more »
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Springsteen's Right: Unity Can Only Begin in the Middle
by Dale Buss 02/07/2021
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Super Bowl Sunday is Flyover Affair — Down to the Ads
by Dale Buss 02/05/2021
This year, the Big Game is about Flyover Country more than ever. Two of our teams are battling it out. read more »
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Feudal Future Podcast — A Test of Strength: Pandemics Through the Eye of Religion, with Rev. John L. McCullough
by New Geography 02/01/2021
On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Rev. John L. McCullough, President Emeritus of Church World Service. CWS is a global ecumenical organization specializing in Development and Humanitarian Assistance, Immigration and Refugee Services, Justice and Human Rights. read more »
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Ask the Experts: Revitalizing California's Business Climate
by New Geography 01/27/2021
Chapman University’s Vice President of Research Thomas Piechota hosted this month's event, moderated by Dean Thomas Turk of the Argyros School of Business and Economics. Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Marshall Toplansky, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science at Chapman University joined the discussion. read more »
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Feudal Future Podcast — The Clash: the Power Divide Between the Working Class & the Managerial Elite
by New Geography 01/18/2021
On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Michael Lind. Michael Lind is a professor of practice at the LBJ School. read more »
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Virtual Town Hall: Revitalizing California's Business Climate
by New Geography 01/08/2021
You are invited to join Chapman University’s Vice President of Research Thomas Piechota who will host the next Ask the Experts Town Hall on Friday, January 22, from 11 – 12:30 P.M. read more »
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Bloomberg's Case for Moving to Houston, URI 2020 Year in Review Video, and more
by Tory Gattis 01/04/2021
Happy new year everyone. Hope you enjoyed the holidays and the recent amazing weather (while staying safe). A lot of you probably had out-of-town family and/or friends visiting. Next time nonlocal friends or family say Houston is too hot, floods too often, or gets too many hurricanes, here's my recommended reaction: politely agree with them that Houston is not a city for the soft or irresilient - they should probably choose somewhere like California. Texas welcomes the tough. read more »
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2020 Year End Summary: Urban Density and COVID Death Rates
by Wendell Cox 01/03/2021
The latest death rates from COVID-19 are displayed by county urban density in Figure 1. Death rates remain at or below the national death rate in counties with urban densities of 5,000 per square mile or below read more »
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California Loses 70,000 Residents 2019 to 2020
by Wendell Cox 12/23/2020
The Census Bureau has just published its 2020 state population estimates, which indicate that the state that has led growth in the United States for the last 170 years lost 70,000 residents last year. read more »
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Feudal Future Podcast — The End of Innovation: Exposing California
by New Geography 12/22/2020
On today's episode of Feudal Future hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Tracy Hernandez. Tracy Hernandez is the Founding Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed), a nonprofit, massive grassroots alliance read more »
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