The Americas has been a relatively stable continent. The last truly new border we have is Panama in 1903.

Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our house. And all we've got is a Roomba.

Real estate prices are way out of whack with what people earn.

I've always been interested in why countries appear and disappear. And the curious thing is how often it happens.

Venture capital is about .02% of the U.S. economy invested, and it accounts for 11% of total U.S. jobs and 21% of U.S. economic output. And the reason why is because these companies can get very big, very quickly.

We have to get serious about living within our means.

Anytime you bring a really powerful new technology to market there are multiple implications. You start changing the relative position of countries.