Middle-Class Employment Trends
Hardly a day goes by that we don't see stories about high unemployment among middle-class workers. As the Trends...
America's New Era of Home-Grown Energ...
Since the '60s, North American energy demand has outstripped supply, forcing the United States into dependence on...
The War Between Government and Free M...
A key component of the welfare state has always been government intervention intended to create outcomes that are more...
Americans Flee Economic Tyranny
Studies clearly show that, when it comes to economic freedom, the 50 states are not all created equal. Those...
Bypassing Wall Street
published on: Jan 6, 2012
Bankers, rating agencies, and venture capitalists exist to provide funding to businesses and individuals. In the process, they earn a return for the...
Off-Shoring Comes Full Circle
published on: Jan 6, 2012
Outsourcing and off-shoring were major growth trends of the past two decades. Technology and globalization made the economics irresistible,...
China Struggles to Control Its Collapsing Bub...
published on: Jan 6, 2012
As the Trends editors have long argued, China's apparent success has been propped up by unsustainable command-and-control mechanisms, made possible...
The Big Opportunity in Rental Housing
published on: Dec 9, 2011
As the Trends editors previously highlighted, in all but a few residential markets, the equation strongly favors home buying over renting. Yet, there...
The Global Youth Unemployment Crisis
published on: Dec 9, 2011
When compared to their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, relatively few of today's Americans aged 21 or younger will have held a...
The Great American Income Inequality Debate
published on: Dec 9, 2011
The economic hardship of the Great Recession, and our inability to emerge from it, have brought to a boil the long-simmering controversy over the...
How We Can Reignite America’s Manufacturing E...
published on: Nov 7, 2011
Some people think U.S. manufacturing is dead or dying, and that it will play an increasingly small role in our 21st century economy. Meanwhile,...
Benefits and the Coming Employee Retention Cr...
published on: Oct 7, 2011
Recent surveys show that an extraordinary number of American workers are dissatisfied and would like to leave their employers. However, they feel...
Why American Firms Rule the World
published on: Oct 7, 2011
With a few notable exceptions, including Toyota, Sony, and Siemens, the world’s best firms all tend to be American. Why is that true? And, what...
Is a New Tech Bubble Upon Us?
published on: Oct 7, 2011
For the first time in nearly a decade, information technology IPOs with lots of buzz and high multiples are capturing our attention. What does this...
Removing the Economy's Housing Anchor
published on: Sep 2, 2011
While clearing away the wreckage of the early 21st century housing boom and bust will not create growth, it will remove one of the biggest...
Liquidating Unnecessary Federal Government As...
published on: Sep 2, 2011
Over the past 200 years, the federal government has acquired an enormous pool of unused and unneeded assets. By definition, those assets are not...
The Pro-Growth Energy Economy Begins to Emerg...
published on: Sep 2, 2011
A major factor stunting America's recovery has been the high price of energy. However, those prices are the result of artificially constrained...
Restoring America's Economic Vitality
published on: Sep 2, 2011
It's fair to say the U.S. economy has been under-performing since the end of the dot-com bubble in 2000. Since the financial panic of 2008, its...
China's Internal Stresses Multiply
published on: Aug 5, 2011
As we've discussed in prior issues, China faces an extraordinary set of major challenges, now and in the coming decade. Beginning in 1978, China has...
The Future of Private Equity
published on: Aug 5, 2011
Since the dot-com boom imploded a decade ago, private equity has been the most successful investment vehicle for the wealthy. But, are the best days...