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The Cruel Information Economy: The U.S. Cities Winning In This Critical Sector

Appearing in: Forbes Arguably the most critical industry in the new economy, information is also often the cruelest. It is the ultimate disruptor of jobs and growth, blessing some regional […]

A Berning Rift Growing Among Democrats

Appearing in: Orange County Register The mainstream media are having a field day, and rightfully so, chronicling the meltdown of the once-formidable Republican Party. Less focus has been placed on […]

Trump’s Industrial Belt Appeal

Appearing in: Real Clear Politics In his still improbable path to the White House, Donald Trump has an opening, right through the middle of the country. From the Appalachians to […]

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The Cost of NOT Housing: A New Report

Appearing in: National CORE This is the introduction to an new report “The Cost of NOT Housing” authored by Joel Kotkin for the National CORE Symposium on Affordability of Housing. […]

Battle of the Imperial Pretenders

Appearing in: Orange County Register It took the Roman Republic five centuries to devolve into a centralized despotism. It may take ours roughly 240 years to get to the same […]

How to Make Cities Livable Again

Appearing in: The Daily Beast In his new book, The Human City, Joel Kotkin looks at the ways cities succeed or fail in terms of how their residents are best served. […]

Politics Move Left, Americans Move Right

Appearing in: Real Clear Politics In an election year in which the top likely candidates come from New York, big cities arguably dominate American politics more than at any time […]

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Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump? The Winner Is…the Oligarchy

Appearing in: The Daily Beast The real winners in election 2016 are going to be the new-economy oligarchs who are among Clinton’s biggest donors. This presidential election may have been […]

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Where Millionaires Are Moving

Appearing in: Forbes In this oligarchic era, dominated as never before in modern history by the ultra-rich, their movements are far more than grist for gossip columns. They are critical […]

Senior Crossing

Coastal California Getting Older, Not Bolder

For the better part of a century, Southern California has been seen as the land of surfers, hipsters and youthful innovators. Yet the land of sun and sea is becoming, like its East Coast counterpart Florida, increasingly geriatric…