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Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and along the U.S.-Mexico border may seem to suggest that race has returned as the signature issue in American politics. […]
America’s Fastest-Growing Small Cities
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes Coverage of America’s changing urban scene tends to focus heavily on large metropolitan areas and the “megaregions” now often said to dominate the economic future. Often missed […]
L.A. Hanging on as a Top Global City
/in California, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Orange County Register For more than a century, Southern Californians have dreamed of their region becoming host to a great global city. At the turn of the […]
Urbanist Goals Will Mean Fewer Children, more Seniors Needing Government Help
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Washington Examiner America’s cognitive elites and many media pundits believe high-density development will dominate the country’s future. That could be so, but, if it is the case, also […]
Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast When our urban pundit class speaks of the future of cities, we are offered glittering images of London, New York, Singapore, or Shanghai. In reality, […]
Joel Talks about the Lack of Kids in Southern California
/in California, Demographics, Urban AffairsBy: Doug McIntyre in the Morning In: KABC Radio Joel joined Doug McIntyre on LA’s KABC to talk about the decline of children in Southern California. Click the Play button below to […]
The Problem With Being Global
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes The globalization of cities and their elites often comes at the expense of many of the people who live there. Forced to compete with foreign capital and […]
Tracking America’s ‘Hidden Millennials’
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register When it comes to attracting the hip and cool, Southern California, long a cultural trendsetter, appears to be falling behind – at least in the view […]
In the Future We’ll All Be Renters: America’s Disappearing Middle Class
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast An Excerpt from Joel Kotkin’s Forthcoming book The New Class Conflict available for pre-order now from Telos Press and in bookstores September, 2014. In ways not seen since […]
Size is not the Answer: The Changing Face of the Global City
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Civil Service College of Singapore This is an exerpt from a new report published by Civil Service College of Singapore, authored by Joel Kotkin with contributions from Wendell […]