Articles by

Jon Lansner

California’s housing bubble pops as Fed shuts the pump

California’s latest homebuying debacle is a pumped-up storyline we’ve seen before – even if each housing bubble...

How can some states ‘afford’ to charge little or no income taxes?

Californians might wonder how other states can “afford” to charge their residents little to no income tax....

Is job market turmoil shades of Triangle Fire, 112 year ago?

On March 25, 1911, my Great Aunt Fannie went to work in a high-rise garment factory in...

Which California metro had the 4th-fastest job growth in US?

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best...

California home prices now 18% off all-time high

The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full”...

California homeownership hits 11-year high but still nation’s 3rd lowest

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best...

Did the pandemic cost California 638,100 jobs?

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best...

Silicon Valley Bank bailout: Did regulators have a choice?

The U.S. economy just escaped a 2008-crash-like moment of the pandemic era – a near-collapse of the...