
The Folly of Free College?
Handling America’s mountain of student debt was a central theme of the 2020 U.S. election campaign. President Biden’s campaign supported forgiving at least $10,000 per person in federal loans, while other leaders in...

The Continuing Crisis in Sino-American Relations
The United States and China are running a “super-power marathon” that may last a century. However, both history and China’s recent trajectory suggest that the Sino-American competition is likely to reach its moment...

The Great 2020s Equity Opportunity
We’re immersed in one of history’s most complex investment environments. In many places, a large segment of the economy is still shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, as we await full deployment of new vaccines. ...

Putting the Great Stagnation Behind Us
Like similar Transition periods before it, the interval between the Installation Phase of the Digital Revolution and its Deployment Phase was marked by economic stagnation beginning with the Dot.com crash in 2000. So, by...

The Tumultuous Birth of Our New Golden Age
Here we are, roughly four years into the Golden Age of the Fifth Techno-Economic Revolution. Like the previous Golden Ages, this one will be filled with accelerating change, rapidly rising affluence, and extraordinary...
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The Great Reset
published on: Dec 15, 2020
In response to the COVID19 pandemic, the World Economic Forum has floated an agenda referred to as the “Great Reset.” And importantly, Joe Biden...

Can America’s Dying Cities Be Saved?
published on: Nov 15, 2020
Many of America’s cities are rapidly “dying,” as indicated by rising poverty, exploding violence, de facto insolvency, and diminishing...