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The Progressives’ War on Suburbia
/in Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast You are a political party, and you want to secure the electoral majority. But what happens, as is occurring to the Democrats, when the damned […]
Choosing Fortune Over Freedom
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register “If the 19th [century] was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the ‘collective’ century, and, therefore, the […]
Aging America: The U.S. Cities Going Gray The Fastest
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes For years we have been warned about the looming, profound impacts that the aging of the U.S. population will have on the country. Well, the gray wave […]
The Unbridgeable Wealth Gap in America
/in In the News, The EconomyBy: Bloomberg Advantage With: Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn Joel discusses the unbridgeable wealth gap in America and other themes from The New Class Conflict on the Bloomberg Advantage radio […]
RIP, NYC’s Middle Class: Why Families are Being Pushed Away From the City
/in Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio has his work cut out for him if he really wants to end New York’s “tale of two cities.” Gotham has […]
The New Class Conflict the Dennis Prager Show
/in Demographics, In the NewsBy: AM870 The Answer On: Dennis Prager Show Joel recently visited with Dennis Prager about the emerging clerisy class rising to power in the country’s education, entertainment, and technology communities. […]
The Unrest In Hong Kong And China’s Bigger Urban Crisis
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes The current protests in Hong Kong for democracy reflects only part of the issues facing Chinese cities, as they grow and become ever more sophisticated. In just […]
Opportunity Urbanism: Creating Cities for Upward Mobility
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsOver the past decade, we have witnessed the emergence of a new urban paradigm that both maximizes growth and provides greater upward mobility. We call this opportunity urbanism, an approach that focuses largely on providing the best policy environment for both businesses and individuals to pursue their aspirations.
America’s Newest Hipster Hot Spot: the Suburbs?
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Washington Post It’s an idea echoed everywhere from “Friends” to “Girls”: Young people want to live in cities. And, we’re told, a lot of them (at least the cool […]
The Cities That Are Benefiting The Most From The Economic Recovery
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes It is painfully clear that the current U.S. economic recovery has been a meager one, with the benefits highly concentrated among the wealthiest. The notion that “a rising […]