Is St. Louis America's Greatest City?Months ago we published the results from a study we conducted trying to find the “unicorn city”: the city that best balances attributes...
In Search of Baseball's One-Eyed WonderOne of the most beautiful things about baseball is that so many of its players don’t “look” like athletes. You can succeed as a baseball...
Will the Anti-Workers of the World Unite to Invent a Better Tomorrow?Much of the country reacted with curious disbelief in 2021 when numerous media outlets – from Business Insider...
What is New Housing Like in China?By Roger Weber Previously, we published a piece on Capital Frontiers that explored the affordability of housing in China. In it, we...
How Expensive is Housing in China?By Roger Weber Imagine working your entire adult life, each month stashing away half your income to save up for a new house, and by the...
Why did Intel Pick Ohio to Build One of the World's Largest Semiconductor Factories?It’s hardly news to the residents of central Ohio, where it has been splashed across the front pages for weeks, but Intel recently...
In MLBPA Lockout, Who's Advocating for the Fans?Major League Baseball players earn an average of $4.2 million dollars per year, while team owners covet $2 billion valuations of their...
Sportswriters Just Killed the Baseball Hall of FameSportswriters, the great moral arbiters of our time, have rendered their final verdict. No to Barry Bonds. No to Roger Clemens. Yes to...
Africa's Big Moment: Could a Conflux of Oil and Water Ignite the Economies of Botswana and Namibia?By Roger Weber Do oil and water mix? Kavango East is an unrivaled repository of oil and fresh water in Africa. Botswana and Namibia are...
Saving Generation Z from the Social Media Zombie ApocalypseBy Roger Weber Poor generation Z. Amid a time of cultural tumult, today’s teens, inheritors of our future challenges, are ever our...
What is the Metaverse?By Roger Weber Are you a person living in a physical world? Or is your body merely an avatar navigating an artificial digital world...
How Did Florence Grow? 9 Lessons for New and Existing CitiesBy Roger Weber Headquarters of the Renaissance, Florence, Italy is one of the most important and misunderstood cities ever built. While...
What are the biggest challenges for NEOM, the Saudi Arabian Megacity?We’ve written about the vision for NEOM multiple times on Capital Frontiers. NEOM is the massive new city project Saudi Arabia launched...
Eight Things I've Learned from Elon MuskElon Musk has floated into the driver’s seat of the world: From Payapl CEO to bankrupt entrepreneur, from laughingstock to curiosity,...
The Cleveland Indians/Guardians botched their name changeWhen the ownership of the Cleveland Indians decided to change the team’s name a few years ago, the opportunity presented them a...
The National Debt is on Pace to Destroy the Federal BudgetHere is a breakdown of how we spend the Federal Budget ($4.5 trillion circa 2020). This budget amounts to around 21.6% of our national...
To Fix Education, Repeal the Minimum WageMany things can be done to address the unequal quality of education in the United States. Most proposed solutions address the quality of...
For College Admissions, Bring Back the SAT and ACTAnother year of college admissions, and yet more colleges have dropped the SAT and ACT from their criteria for admissions. I’d argue they...
Do Any Big Cities Vote Politically Conservative?Although cities notoriously lean left in America, with Republican voter concentrations predominating in more rural and suburban locales,...
How do you Purchase a Minor League Baseball Franchise? 13 Secrets About OwnershipWhen I was a kid one of my biggest dreams was to someday own and operate my own professional baseball team. Combining my love of sports...
The Post-Covid Return to a “Work from Work” Economy Misses a Massive OpportunityEarly in the Covid-19 pandemic, after a few months of a surprisingly seamless work from home experience, businesses across America raced...
Honoring Shin-Soo Choo: Derek Jeter of the "Common Man"Perhaps no better player captures the indignities of our world than the long baseball career of Shin-Soo Choo. While he is but one of...