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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 […]
Battle of the Upstarts: Houston vs. San Francisco Bay
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast “Human happiness,” the Greek historian Herodotus once observed, “does not abide long in one place.” In its 240 years or so of existence, the United […]
The Sick Man Of Europe Is Europe
/in Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes The recent near breakup of the United Kingdom — something inconceivable just a decade ago — reflects a deep, pervasive problem of identity throughout the EU. The […]
Why Suburbia Irks Some Conservatives
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register For generations, politicians of both parties – dating back at least to Republican Herbert Hoover and Democrat Franklin Roosevelt – generally supported the notion of […]