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California’s Woke HypocrisyJuly 31, 2020 - 7:26 am
Podcast Episode 6: Beyond Feudalism: Addressing California’s Inequality Crisis (Live Event)July 29, 2020 - 4:30 pm
Joel Kotkin Q&A on ‘The Coming of Neo-Feudalism’July 26, 2020 - 5:50 pm
Is the Big Cities Boom Over? Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida Debate on Munk DebatesJuly 22, 2020 - 10:50 am
California’s Woke Hypocrisy
/in California, Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinNo state wears its multicultural veneer more ostentatiously than California. The Golden State’s leaders believe that they lead a progressive paradise, but Hispanics and Blacks do worse economically in California than elsewhere.
Podcast Episode 6: Beyond Feudalism: Addressing California’s Inequality Crisis (Live Event)
/in California, Podcast, Politics /by JK-adminOn July 14, Joel & Marshall held a Virtual Town Hall, discussing California’s inequality crisis and how changes in state policy could restore the middle class.
Joel Kotkin Q&A on ‘The Coming of Neo-Feudalism’
/in In the News, Politics /by videoIn this interview with Carl Cannon, Joel Kotkin discusses how modern day feudalism works — the topic of his latest book, ‘The Coming of Neo-Feudalism’
Is the Big Cities Boom Over? Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida Debate on Munk Debates
/in In the News, Urban Affairs /by videoDoes the COVID-19 pandemic spell the end of the big city boom? Listen to Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida debate on Munk Debates.
GateWay Second Chance: Why We Need Education & Life Skills For At-Risk Youth
/in Podcast, Urban Affairs /by videoOn this Feudal Future episode, Nink Carter joins hosts Marshall Toplansky & Joel Kotkin to talk about education & life skills for at risk youth, and how his nonprofit organizations seek to make a difference.
Is the California Dream Finished?
/in California, Demographics, The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplanskyby Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers should stop trying to sell the myth of the California dream. On its current trajectory, this state is socially, fiscally and economically unsustainable.
Urban Blues
/in Demographics, Religion, The Economy, Urban Affairs /by Joel KotkinEven as urban “blue” America seems to strengthen their political power, they are engaged in blue-icide, undermining their own urban base of disadvantaged citizens and their own credibility.
How the Virus is Pushing America Toward a Better Future
/in Demographics, Politics, Religion, The Economy /by Joel KotkinWith the pandemic shattering the myth of the global village, America now has the opportunity to rebuild a more resilient economy and society, one structured around the people here more than on global capital flows.
Virtual Town Hall: California Feudalism – Addressing California’s Inequality Crisis
/in California, The Economy /by videoJoin a presentation on Kotkin and Toplanksky’s research brief —California Feudalism: A Strategy to Restore California’s Middle Class— discussing California’s inequality crisis and how to restore our state’s dream.
Triumph of the Oligarchs
/in Politics, The Economy /by Joel KotkinAlready ascendant beforehand, tech oligarchs are riding the current pandemic crisis to unprecedented dominion over our ever-weakening Republic.