Cities As Solution And Problem

Good news for Chicago and bad news for New York City and Los Angeles. Urbanization is the most efficient use Continue reading →

Strong Dollar Versus Global Debt

The US Dollar is strong! US loans to foreign banks are up. Great! Except that, the more the fragile world Continue reading →

Arctic Plus Antarctic Ice

Arctic ice and Antarctic ice have to be looked at together. Seasonally, as one melts, the other freezes. The biggest Continue reading →

Corporations Back Environmental Protections

Paradigms shift. 200 companies backed the climate regulations recently proposed by the EPA. It turns out they realized there’s money Continue reading →

Tsunami Survive Adapt Rebuild

Ten years ago the disastrous earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia killed thousands. It wasn’t nice to the forests, either. The Continue reading →

Be Rich With $4,000 – Relatively

Half of the population owns less than $4,000 per person. The poverty level in the US is about four times Continue reading →

A Slow Baby Boom

Tortoises win the race, right? They almost lost it a few decades ago, but at least one species of tortoise Continue reading →

Baby Bust Instead Of Boom

Forget the financial measurements of people’s expectations and attitudes. The Great Recession, and possibly the state of the world, convinced Continue reading →