STAY CONNECTED
Join in the conversation at
Facebook. Visit our YouTube
channel or subscribe to RSS (below)
read our latest articles.
Recent Articles
The Coronavirus is Also Spreading a Dark New Era of Neo-FeudalismMay 27, 2020 - 7:30 am
Blue City Lockdowns Obscure COVID’s Root CausesMay 25, 2020 - 7:05 am
The Future of Residential and Commercial Real EstateMay 21, 2020 - 9:40 am
Sam Beebe, under CC 2.0 LicenseThe New Geography of America, Post-CoronavirusMay 21, 2020 - 7:27 am
The Coronavirus is Also Spreading a Dark New Era of Neo-Feudalism
/in Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinThe COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the global shift already underway towards a neo-feudal society, characterized by declining social mobility and greater concentrations of power. In the neo-Feudal world, as in its Medieval predecessor, the middle class loses its primacy…
Blue City Lockdowns Obscure COVID’s Root Causes
/in Demographics, Urban Affairs /by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Coxby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Would targeted attention to exposure density, mass transit, and poverty would be a more efficient and effective COVID response than the than the one our elites are currently forcing upon us?
The Future of Residential and Commercial Real Estate
/in The Economy /by JK-adminWhat is the future of real estate after Covid-19? Please join Richard Florida, Joel Kotkin, Marshall Toplansky and other leading experts to see where the real estate market is going. We will be discussing issues including the future of office space, retail, affordable housing, inner cities, suburbs and small towns.
The New Geography of America, Post-Coronavirus
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban Affairs /by JK-adminby Joel Kotkin — It is impossible to predict the impact of coronavirus beyond the immediate future, but it is not likely to be favorable for dense urbanity. A recent Harris poll suggested that nearly two in five urban residents are considering a move to a less crowded place.
The Coronavirus Means Millennials Are More Screwed Than Ever
/in Demographics, The Economy /by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin — In the nearly eight years since I first described millennials as “the screwed generation,” things have only worsened for those born between 1982 and 2000—and the coronavirus is now accelerating that slide.
Towards a Better Urbanism
/in The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplanskyby Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplanksy — At a time when even the New York Times is noticing that density and transit pose serious health risks for any potential re-opening, urbanists attack their critics as “anti-urbanist” or “sprawl lovers” or “urban gadflies.”
The Glory—and Risk—of Cities
/in Demographics, Urban Affairs /by Joel KotkinThe glory of cities is to serve as places of interaction between people and economies. Yet throughout history—from Roman times to the present—this advantage has also entailed exposure to deadly contagions.
Hygienic Fascism: Turning the World Into a ‘Safe Space’ — But at What Cost?
/in Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinEven as we try to battle the COVID-19 pestilence, we may be contracting a more dangerous virus — hygienic fascism. This involves a process when our political leaders defer to a handful of “experts,” who impose highly draconian regulations based on certain assumptions about public health, without popular recourse.
One Nation, Under Lockdown, Divided by Pandemic
/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinThe last thing this divided Republic needs is more polarization, but America is now further divided by pandemic, in large part by the different experiences of various localities and in how economies function from region to region.
The Pandemic Road to Serfdom
/in Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinEven before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, America, like most higher-income countries, was already heading toward a neo-feudal future: massive inequality, ever-greater concentrations of power, and increasingly widespread embrace of a uniform (albeit secular) religion.