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Jorge RoyanTen years After Lehman Collapsed, We’re Still ScrewedSeptember 17, 2018 - 10:47 am
A Generation Plans An Exodus From CaliforniaSeptember 11, 2018 - 5:18 pm
America is Moving Toward an Oligarchical SocialismSeptember 4, 2018 - 7:22 am
Public DomainCalifornia Takes the Prize for Environmental Virtue Signaling — But Not Much ElseAugust 27, 2018 - 8:36 am
Ten years After Lehman Collapsed, We’re Still Screwed
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Coxby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — The collapse of Lehman Brothers 10 years ago today began the financial crisis that crippled and even killed for some the American dream as we had known it…
A Generation Plans An Exodus From California
/in California, Demographics /by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Coxby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — California is the great role model for America, particularly if you read the Eastern press. Yet few boosters have yet to confront the fact that the state is continuing to hemorrhage people at a higher rate…
America is Moving Toward an Oligarchical Socialism
/in Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinWhere do we go after Trump? This question becomes more pertinent as the soap opera administration seeks its own dramatic demise. Yet before they can seize power from the president and his now subservient party, the Democrats need to agree on what will replace Trumpism.
California Takes the Prize for Environmental Virtue Signaling — But Not Much Else
/in California /by Joel KotkinIf there’s an award for environmental virtue signaling, California would win the prize. Yet for all the constant self-promotion, shameless grandstanding and endless moralizing, perhaps it’s time to reconsider the impact, and failures, of our current green obsessions.
Restoring Localism
/in Politics /by Joel KotkinAmericans are increasingly prisoners of ideology, and our society is paying the price. We are divided along partisan lines to an extent that some are calling it a “soft civil war.” In the end, this benefits only ideological warriors and their funders.
The Triumph of Trumpism Will Outlast Trump
/in Politics /by Joel KotkinDonald Trump’s presidency may prove, to quote Thomas Hobbes, to be “nasty, brutish and short.” But even if Trump ends up out of office sooner than planned, we will continue to live in a world shaped by him for years to come.
The Battle for Houston
/in The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Joel KotkinHouston has embraced a light regulatory approach to housing that reflects market forces more than ideology. But last year’s Hurricane Harvey floods severely tested the Houston model.
‘Chinafornia’ and Global Trade in Age of Trump
/in California, Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinCalifornia’s trajectory long has been linked to its partners across the Pacific. Yet these ties could be deeply impacted by President Trump’s immigration and global trade policies.
Cities Are for Rich People Now and Wooing Amazon Only Makes It Worse
/in The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Matt TaylorIf there are two facts of life in the modern American city, they are that rent will be too damn high, and that attracting investment from a mega corporation will seem to some local power players like the best way to stave off economic disaster.
The New McCarthyism of Our Censorious Age
/in Politics /by Joel KotkinWe live in a newly censorious age, where old crudities are never forgotten. To be sure, there are some clear malefactors who should be punished to the extent of the law, but there’s clearly a distinct danger to free expression as the emboldened thought police steadily expand their domain.