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Twilight of the Oligarchs?
/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinAmazon’s decision to abandon New York City—leaving a $3 billion goodie bag of incentives on the table—represents a break in the progressive alliance between an increasingly radicalized Left and the new technocratic elite.
America’s Role Model Should Be America
/in Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinTo seek a better future, America needs not to ape others, but rediscover better role models, including those provided by the original New Deal, hiding in plain sight.
This Train Won’t Leave the Station
/in California, Politics /by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Coxby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Governor Gavin Newsom has canceled the bulk of the state’s long-proposed high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco, leaving only a tail of the once-grand project—a rail line connection between the Central Valley’s Merced and Bakersfield
Restoring the California Dream, Not Nailing Its Coffin
/in California, Politics, Rural Policy, Urban Affairs /by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Coxby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Virtually everyone, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, is aware of the severity of California’s housing crisis. The bad news is that most proposals floating in Sacramento won’t solve the crisis…
Technological Progress and the Global Sex Recession
/in Demographics /by Joel KotkinWe may live amidst what seems a libidinous culture, but oddly also an increasingly sexless time. Of course, the drop in early teen sex – and even more so, teen pregnancies – represents positive developments, but…
Party of the People? Or the Oligarchs?
/in Politics /by Joel KotkinThe Trump uprising, with a renegade capitalist serving as the tribune of the forgotten working class, appears headed toward an inevitable denouement. Trump’s intemperance, jingoism and lack of political skills have undermined the GOP’s ability to reach beyond its base in the South, the exurbs and parts of middle America.
Looking Forward: A New Agenda
/in Demographics, Urban Affairs /by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Coxby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — In their essay, “Looking Forward: A New Agenda,” Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox lay out five key principles for inclusive urban growth.
Gentrification is Failing in Los Angeles
/in California, Demographics, Politics /by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplanskyby Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Gentrification is failing in Los Angeles as the city suffers the highest levels of crowding, the greatest levels of poverty, the least affordable housing, the lowest homeownership rates and the second-largest concentration of homeless in the nation.
Today’s Cultural Engineers
/in Urban Affairs /by Joel KotkinToday, we don’t face state-controlled cultural engineers, but the trends in American and to some extent European mass culture are beginning to look almost Stalinesque in their uniformity.
The Bifurcated City
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Joel KotkinAfter drifting toward decrepitude since the 1970s, the urban core of many cities have experienced real, often bracing, turnarounds. Yet concern is growing that the revitalization of parts of these cities has unevenly benefited some residents at the expense of others.