Economics

Brussels is the de facto capital of the European Union, the capital of Belgium, the capital of NATO and hosts many international diplomats and UN offices. Yet the share of adults in knowledge intensive regions is lower than in many other European capital regions.  read more »

Western liberalism is in decline, challenged by rising authoritarianism on the Right and the Left.  read more »

Generation Z is America’s first post-Boomer generation.

My Generation X was enculturated into the Baby Boomers’ world. Thinking about the songs from my youth in the 1980s, it’s amazing how many of my favorites were literally about the Boomers  read more »

The West is about to get its comeuppance – if it does not wake up. The balance of the world economy is shifting decisively  read more »

The “anti-colonial” Left wants Western societies to atone for their “original sins”. From its historical role in slavery, imperialism and the extirpation of native peoples to class oppression, progressives argue that the West should pay penance today  read more »

São Paulo in Brazil is rated as the sixth most populous city in the world.  read more »

Boosting immigration would seem a no-brainer to address the West’s ongoing demographic implosion and revive its stagnating economies. Even Japan now recruits foreign temporary workers for its rapidly aging economy.  read more »

Paris hosts some of the world´s leading technology companies, has several of the leading technological universities and is the European region with highest total number of knowledge intensive jobs  read more »

The recent jobs report showing declines in almost all high-wage sector  read more »

For a century, it worked, and brilliantly. The “California model” rested on massive investments in higher education, development of industrial zones in places such as the South Bay and Silicon Valley, and persistent upgrading of basic infrastructure.  read more »