Entries by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox

The Unexpected Future

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — We are entering an unanticipated reality—an era of slow population growth and, increasingly, demographic decline that will shape our future in profound and unpredictable ways.

Serfing the Future?

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Are we “serfing the future” as big capital and ever-more intrusive regulation creates a market in which home-ownership is out of reach and young people are forced into a lifetime of rental serfdom?

Own Nothing and Love It

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Today, the class of small property owners is being undermined by tech and financial interests, and increasingly intrusive bureaucracies.

California Fleeing

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — California may be a great state in many ways, but Californians are fleeing and their continued outmigration from the state signals worrisome demographic decline.

Joe Biden’s Imaginary America

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Biden’s policies seem designed for coastal enclaves that do not represent most of the country — an imaginary America, rather than the diverse reality.

The Geography of COVID-19

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the geography of our planet, helping some areas and hurting others. In the West, the clear winners have been the sprawling suburbs and exurbs, while dense cores have been dealt a powerful blow.

Trust the Science: The Blue State Surge is Real

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — For months the conventional wisdom among Democrats, was that lockdowns played an essential role in containing COVID-19. The great heroes, in addition to Anthony Fauci, were hardline governors like Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer, California’s Gavin Newsom and, most of all, New York’s Andrew Cuomo.