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GOP Stupidity is Squandering the Opportunity Created by Woke AuthoritariansSeptember 18, 2021 - 7:09 am
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Feudal Future Podcast – The Reshoring RevolutionSeptember 13, 2021 - 10:32 am
The Fading FamilySeptember 9, 2021 - 7:25 am
GOP Stupidity is Squandering the Opportunity Created by Woke Authoritarians
/in Politics /by Joel KotkinRepublicans could capture the confidence of moderates and even liberals deeply alienated by woke authoritarian culture, but instead have chosen to pander to their extremists.
Gavin Newsom Won His Recall. What’s Next for California?
/in California, Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinThe sinking of the state’s once-buoyant middle class undermines the base for a two-party politics in California. The kinds of taxpayers who called the state home during the 1980s and 1990s are leaving, and few families are moving in. Many of the leading companies that employed middle-class workers—McKesson, Hewlett Packard, the oil and aerospace industries—are fleeing at a quickening pace.
Feudal Future Podcast – The Reshoring Revolution
/in Demographics, Podcast /by Joel Kotkin and Marshall ToplanskyOn this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by JR Turner, Michelle Comerford, and Harry Moser to discuss the practice of reshoring, or bringing manufacturing back to the United States.
The Fading Family
/in Demographics, Rural Policy, The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Joel KotkinFor millennia the family has stood as the central institution of society—often changing, but always essential. But across the world, from China to North America, and particularly in Europe, family ties are weakening
Big D is a Big Deal
/in Demographics, Urban Affairs /by Joel Kotkin and Cullum Clarkby Joel Kotkin and Cullum Clark — Located on the Southern Plains, the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area —”Big D”, is rapidly emerging as the de facto capital of the American Heartland.
Jim Crow Returns to California
/in Urban Affairs /by Joel KotkinCalifornia’s leaders might see themselves as a vanguard of progressive values. But their climate policies have created a racially segregated state more akin to the Jim Crow era.
Feudal Future Podcast – Inside the Republic of China
/in Demographics, Podcast /by Joel Kotkin and Marshall ToplanskyOn this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Leading Historian Ross Terrill, to discuss the history and likely future of the Republic of China.
It’s Not Just the Taliban: We in the West are Embracing Medievalism, Too
/in Politics, Religion /by Joel KotkinIt’s not just the Taliban; we in the West are also embracing an increasingly medieval dogmatism that similarly scorns reason and debate.
Progressives Have Ruined California
/in California, Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinCalifornians’ surprisingly strong support for the recall election reflects a rejection of progressive policies that ruined the state for ordinary citizens.
Powering Down the Developing World
/in Rural Policy, The Economy /by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krügerby Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — Developing countries have gotten to the economic table just when climate change policies driven by western nations are placing new roadblocks to manufacturing-led growth.