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Tales for telling again and again
“There are no cats in America, and the street are paved with cheese”. Thanks to the artistic genius of Steven Speilberg, the song containing these words filled the mousehole of the Mousekewitz family in Russia late in the 19th century. Though persecuted and with few freedoms, the family had hope, and they dreamed of a…
Coal tax would burn business
After running on a platform to get the economy moving again, the Clinton administration came out of the gates with a social agenda (abortion and gay rights) and an agenda for new taxes. Unfortunately, these are not elements of an economic policy that will create jobs, promote economic growth and increase American competitiveness. But the…
California again takes place in sun
San Francisco — California’s economy is not only recovering, it is reinventing itself. That’s a major punchline of a new study by the Center for the New West. According to the 32-page report, authored by Center senior fellow Joel Kotkin and Steve Levy of the Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy, the…