Appearing in: Forbes.com Few icons of the American way of life have suffered more in recent years than homeownership. Since the bursting of the housing bubble, there has been a […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-09-15 00:52:362017-02-24 16:35:09Why Housing Will Come Back
Appearing in: The American Since the beginnings of civilization, cities have been crucibles of progress both for societies and individuals. A great city, wrote Rene Descartes in the seventeenth century, […]
As the recovery begins, albeit fitfully, where can we expect growth in jobs, incomes and, most importantly, middle class opportunities? In the US there are two emerging “new” economies, one […]
Appearing in: Forbes.com Current attitudes aren’t too kind to the old American way of doing business. In our globalized economy, the most enthusiastically touted approaches are those adopted by centralized, […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-08-31 23:28:312017-02-24 16:36:29America’s 21st-Century Business Model
Appearing in: Forbes.com China’s ascension to the world’s second-largest economy, surpassing Japan, has led to predictions that it will inevitably snatch the No. 1 spot from the United States. Nomura […]
Appearing in: Forbes.com Sarah Palin has emerged as the right’s sweetheart, a cross between a pin-up girl and Joan of Arc. For some activists, like the American Thinker‘s Lloyd Marcus, […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-08-17 18:50:372017-02-24 16:39:12Sarah Palin: The GOP’s Poison Pearl
Appearing in: Foreign Policy The human world is fast becoming an urban world — and according to many, the faster that happens and the bigger the cities get, the better […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-08-17 00:33:172017-02-24 16:40:46Urban Legends: Why Suburbs, Not Dense Cities, are the Future
Appearing in: Forbes.com Last month promoters of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Los Angeles rail projects, both past and future, held a party to celebrate their “success.” Although this may well […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-08-10 17:26:142017-02-24 16:41:38Mass Transit: The Great Train Robbery
Appearing in: The City Journal California has long been a destination for those seeking a better place to live. For most of its history, the state enacted sensible policies that […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-08-09 06:44:412017-02-24 16:42:04The Golden State’s War on Itself
Appearing in: Forbes.com The most serious collateral damage from the BP spill disaster could very likely be in the far north, along the Alaskan coast. The problem is not a […]
Why Housing Will Come Back
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Few icons of the American way of life have suffered more in recent years than homeownership. Since the bursting of the housing bubble, there has been a […]
Urban Plight: Vanishing Upward Mobility
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The American Since the beginnings of civilization, cities have been crucibles of progress both for societies and individuals. A great city, wrote Rene Descartes in the seventeenth century, […]
Where’s Next: November May Determine Regional Winners
/in Politics, The EconomyAs the recovery begins, albeit fitfully, where can we expect growth in jobs, incomes and, most importantly, middle class opportunities? In the US there are two emerging “new” economies, one […]
America’s 21st-Century Business Model
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Current attitudes aren’t too kind to the old American way of doing business. In our globalized economy, the most enthusiastically touted approaches are those adopted by centralized, […]
The China Syndrome
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com China’s ascension to the world’s second-largest economy, surpassing Japan, has led to predictions that it will inevitably snatch the No. 1 spot from the United States. Nomura […]
Sarah Palin: The GOP’s Poison Pearl
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes.com Sarah Palin has emerged as the right’s sweetheart, a cross between a pin-up girl and Joan of Arc. For some activists, like the American Thinker‘s Lloyd Marcus, […]
Urban Legends: Why Suburbs, Not Dense Cities, are the Future
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Foreign Policy The human world is fast becoming an urban world — and according to many, the faster that happens and the bigger the cities get, the better […]
Mass Transit: The Great Train Robbery
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com Last month promoters of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Los Angeles rail projects, both past and future, held a party to celebrate their “success.” Although this may well […]
The Golden State’s War on Itself
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The City Journal California has long been a destination for those seeking a better place to live. For most of its history, the state enacted sensible policies that […]
Alaska: Caribou Commons Or America’s Lost Ace?
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com The most serious collateral damage from the BP spill disaster could very likely be in the far north, along the Alaskan coast. The problem is not a […]