The Opportunity and Threat of Marijua...
Annual global revenues for the legal marijuana industry may eventually rise to between $150-and-$500 billion,...
Eliminating the Tyranny of Eco-Imperi...
Since at least the 90s, misguided ideology has kept nearly half of the world’s population unnecessarily trapped in...
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”...
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...
The Future of American Religion
published on: Mar 15, 2018
For more than two hundred years, secularism has been on the rise in Western Civilization. And like other western nations the United States has seen...
Addressing the Counterfeit Goods Crisis
published on: Dec 15, 2017
Taken together, the negative impacts of counterfeiting and piracy are projected to misdirect up to $4.7 trillion a year of global economy resources...
Individualism on the Rise
published on: Nov 15, 2017
Research indicates that increasing individualism is a global phenomenon. Why is this happening now? What are the implications? And, how can you...
For the Elite, Being “Too Busy” Is Now a Stat...
published on: May 22, 2017
Talk about “back to the future”: After twenty years of people touting work-life balance, we’re back to the ‘80s, when corporate lawyers,...
When America Goes to Pot
published on: Feb 25, 2017
In 2016, the legalization of cannabis, also known as marijuana, approached critical mass in the United States. What will this mean for public health...
Policing in the Twenty-First Century
published on: Jan 16, 2017
For millennia, law enforcement was carried out by human police, enforcing a peace between the members of villages, towns, and then cities. Yet, try...
Marriage in the Twenty-First Century
published on: Dec 15, 2016
Marriage is an institution dating back before the beginning of recorded history. And until at least the mid-twentieth century, it was the default...
Science Seeks to Understand Human Consciousne...
published on: Oct 15, 2016
Every human being identifies with the terms “me, myself, and I.” Until the middle of the nineteenth century, western thought assumed these...
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...
Regulation in the Age of the “Left Behind”...
published on: Aug 1, 2016
Before the era of slow growth, massive under-employment and global terrorism, no one rigorously evaluated the cost-benefit trade-offs associated with...
Let’s Get Americans Moving Again
published on: Aug 1, 2016
In theory, markets efficiently allocate resources to their highest and best uses. Unfortunately, human capital tends to be very “sticky.” ...
The Americans We’ve Left Behind
published on: Aug 1, 2016
In March 2012, Trends analyzed America’s Growing Cultural Divide And Its Implications. In the intervening years, the fracturing of America’s...
Open Source Artificial Intelligence
published on: Jul 15, 2016
Since 1998, stem cell therapies have captured the imagination of scientists and consumers worldwide. Where does the technology stand? What are...
The Insidious Economic Drag of Crony Capitali...
published on: Jun 15, 2016
A significant institutional impediment to realizing the full benefits of the Fifth Techno-Economic Revolution’s growth is crony capitalism. What is...
The Future of Religious Belief
published on: Apr 11, 2016
Our assumptions about economics and religion shape how we perceive and interact with the world around us. For generations, academics and pundits have...
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