California Leads U.S. Economy

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  Bloomberg Opinion

  

  Future of Transport Eludes the Seers

  Bloomberg - David Fickling, Anjani Trivedi

  If you want to know the future of transport, make sure you never listen to the prophets. A decade ago, the most bracing visions of travel were being …

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  Trump Economy Needs California, Which Scorns Trump Economics

  Bloomberg Opinion - Matthew A. Winkler

  Wherever he is, President Donald Trump exults in the U.S. economic boom, calling it, falsely, the strongest in history. He even bragged about having a "magic wand" he could wave to conjure jobs and growth. Never mind that almost 13 million of the 17 million jobs created during the 9-year-old …

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  California Must Be Doing Something Right in Trump’s America

  Bloomberg Opinion - Matthew A. Winkler

  Just about every policy Donald Trump imposes to make his America great is opposed by the world's fifth-largest economy. That would be California, which is growing faster and outperforming the U.S. in job growth, manufacturing, personal income, corporate profits and the total return of its bonds. …

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  California’s Energy Diet Is Working

  Bloomberg Opinion - Nathaniel Bullard

  In 2006, California set itself an ambitious environmental goal: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The Air Resources Board recently published its assessment of 2016 — and the state has already hit its 2020 target. California is on a low-carbon diet, so to speak, and the diet is …

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  California's Holy-Cow Idea

  Bloomberg Opinion - The Editors

  "California Regulates Cow Farts," is how a New York Post headline put it, implying it was a wacky move by Governor Jerry Brown. In fact, California's methane law represents a serious attempt by America's biggest dairy state to come to grips with a potent greenhouse gas. Methane is responsible for …

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  California's Electric-Car Future

  Bloomberg Opinion - The Editors

  California’s energy future is visible in the underground garage of a luxury condominium that rises behind the façade of a former San Francisco muffler shop. The parking spaces come equipped with charging stations for electric cars -- an amenity that, as of next year, the city will require. The city …