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The News Media are Losing Their Search for Truth
/in Politics, Urban AffairsTo someone who has spent most of his career in the news business, it’s distressing to confront the current state of the media. Rather than a source of information and varied opinion, the media increasingly act not so such as disseminators of information but as …
Fading Promise: Millennial Prospects in the Golden State
/in Californiaby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Is the California Dream out of reach for millennials? This report presents detailed data about the state of the economy, population base, and employment picture of California.
Are Millennials Getting Priced Out of California?
/in California, Demographics, Urban Affairsby Drew Bollea — Millennials want what their parents have, but attaining that future is becoming more and more challenging in California, according to Joel Kotkin…
California’s Reactionary Housing Policy Burns Millennials
/in CaliforniaThe Golden State’s soaring home prices—exacerbated by NIMBY zoning restrictions, development plans that prioritize “density,” and arbitrary environmental rules—are exacting a catastrophic social and economic toll on the rising generation of young people looking to start families and lay down roots.
California Squashes Its Young
/in California, Demographicsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox —
In this era of anti-Trump resistance, many progressives see California as a model of enlightenment. The Golden State’s post-2010 recovery has won plaudits in the progressive press but…
California’s War on the Emerging Generation
/in California, Demographics, The EconomyIt should be the obligation of older citizens to try to improve the prospects for their successors. But, here in California, we seem to have adopted an agenda designed to make things tougher…
The Arrogance of Blue America
/in Demographics, Politics, Rural Policy, Urban AffairsIn the wake of the Trumpocalypse, many in the deepest blue cores have turned on those parts of America that supported the president’s election, developing oikophobia—an irrational fear of their fellow citizens.
One tax change that should be made — and certainly won’t be
/in Politics, The Economyby George F. Will —
Attempting comprehensive tax reform is like trying to tug many bones from the clamped jaws of many mastiffs. Every provision of the code — now approaching 4 million words — was put there to placate a clamorous faction, or to create a grateful group…
The Politics of Migration: From Blue to Red
/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy, Urban Affairsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox —
Democratic “blue” state attitudes may dominate the national media, but they can’t yet tell people where to live, which is increasingly in “red” states.
California’s Tribal Politics
/in CaliforniaRather than a functioning democracy, California has become a one-party state dominated by a series of tribes whose special priorities are sacrosanct, however much they might hurt the rest of us…