Trends Issue: December 2011
The Great American Income Inequality ...
The economic hardship of the Great Recession, and our inability to emerge from it, have brought to a boil the...
published on: Dec 9, 2011
The Global Youth Unemployment Crisis
When compared to their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, relatively few of today's Americans aged 21 or...
published on: Dec 9, 2011
Are Category Killers About to Get Kil...
A decade ago, so-called category killers like Best Buy, Staples, PetSmart, and Home Depot were the clear winners in...
published on: Dec 9, 2011
Solving the Global Water Crisis Moves...
As highlighted in previous issues, the world faces a potentially catastrophic water crisis in the coming decades. For...
published on: Dec 9, 2011
The Big Opportunity in Rental Housing
As the Trends editors previously highlighted, in all but a few residential markets, the equation strongly favors home...
published on: Dec 9, 2011
The New World of Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication makes it possible to go from a digital design in a computer to a physical, manufactured product in...
published on: Dec 9, 2011