California Wages Environmental War Ag...
As we explained in the May 2018 issue of Trends, the United States is now engaged in a de facto “civil war”...
The Tide of History Changes Everythin...
The Cold War forces that defined the past 75 years have evaporated. A new era has dawned. What does this mean for the...
Sustaining the New American Optimism
For the first time in a long time, Americans are broadly optimistic and increasingly happy with the direction the...
Climate Alarmists: “We don’t need no ...
In a world increasingly questioning long-held assumptions, climate alarmists are facing an ever-more skeptical...
Understanding the New American Civil War
published on: May 15, 2018
An increasingly large set of thinkers on the right and left acknowledge that the United States is facing an existential struggle between competing...
TRADE WORLD WAR – CHINA VS THE WORLD
published on: Apr 15, 2018
The evidence is clear, China has declared economic war on the rest of the world and its opponents are just now starting to fight back. What do we...
Nationalism Gains Momentum
published on: Mar 15, 2018
Everywhere, nationalism is challenging globalist hegemony. What factors are undoing 70 years globalist progress? What are the implications? And...
Living In Stressful Times
published on: Mar 15, 2018
Despite the many material benefits of modern life, American are experiencing some of the highest levels of stress ever recorded. What is causing...
Welfare Reform: America’s Next Big Challenge...
published on: Feb 15, 2018
The American welfare system that began under Franklin Roosevelt and has expanded under nearly every president since, represents one of the biggest...
Big Brother is Alive and Well in China
published on: Jan 15, 2018
As growth has slowed, China has become obsessed with maintaining political and social stability. For the first time in history, the technology...
Jurisdictional Competition Update - Californi...
published on: Dec 15, 2017
In an era when the values and vision of “red” and “blue” America compete for dominance, California and Texas represent the purest examples of...
A New Political Era Begins In China
published on: Nov 15, 2017
China has recently centralized power to an extent not seen since it joined the global economy. What’s driving this centralization? What is the...
Science in Crisis
published on: Nov 15, 2017
Public policy, technology, and popular culture all assume that science is the final arbiter of truth and efficacy. But few consumers, investors,...
The Economics of the Wall
published on: May 22, 2017
For the most part, any discussion of building a barrier along the entire U.S. border with Mexico has focused on all sorts of emotional arguments that...
Deconstructing the Administrative State
published on: Apr 15, 2017
As Trends subscribers know, the unprecedented rise in American affluence over the past 250 years was enabled by a series of five techno-economic...
Getting Infrastructure Investment Right
published on: Jan 16, 2017
Donald Trump has proposed to invest an average of $100 billion per year on infrastructure upgrades over the next ten years. Will this plan fall...
The Economic Spoils of War
published on: Jan 16, 2017
After eight years of ambivalent commitment to national security and global leadership, the United States is poised to reassert its position as the...
Nationalism vs. Globalism, not Globalization ...
published on: Oct 15, 2016
Around the world, 2016 represents a political inflection point the likes of which we haven’t witnessed since 1968. For the first time since World...
Robots at War
published on: Sep 15, 2016
Ever since World War II, defense spending has provided an extraordinary boost to technologies like advanced materials, aerospace, and information...
The Biggest Obstacles to Our Driverless Futur...
published on: Jul 15, 2016
We’ve spent over a decade debating the bureaucratic dimensions of healthcare with little to show for it. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence and...
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