Appearing in: Forbes.com The evolving Greek fiscal tragedy represents more than an isolated case of a particularly poorly run government. It reflects a deeper and potentially irreversible malaise that threatens […]
Appearing in: Forbes.com For much of the past decade, “declinism” – the notion that America is heading toward a deadly denouement – has largely been a philosophy of the left. […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-02-10 05:02:152017-02-24 15:24:56America on the Rise
Appearing in: Forbes.com When Americans think of our nation’s power (or our imminent lack of it) we tend to point to the national debts, GDP or military prowess. Few have […]
Appearing in: Forbes.com Gentry liberalism, so hot just a year ago, is now in full retreat, a victim of its hypocrisy and fundamental contradictions. Its collapse threatens the coherence of […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-01-26 07:43:262017-02-24 15:28:04The Death Of Gentry Liberalism
Appearing in: The Arizona Republic Now that Phoenix’s ascendancy has been at least momentarily suspended, its residents are no doubt wondering what comes next. One tendency is to say the […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-01-24 07:10:112017-02-24 15:28:46Phoenix, Put Aside Dreams of Gotham
Appearing in: The Wall Street Journal America’s population growth makes it a notable outlier among the advanced industrialized countries. The country boasts a fertility rate 50% higher than that of […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-01-23 18:20:482017-02-24 15:29:18The Kids Will Be Alright
Appearing in: The American A year into the Obama administration, America’s dominant geography, suburbia, is now in open revolt against an urban-centric regime that many perceive threatens their way of […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin2010-01-21 17:17:362017-02-24 15:31:50The War Against Suburbia
Appearing in: Forbes.com In this high-tech information age few look to the most basic industries as sources of national economic power. Yet no sector in America is better positioned for […]
Appearing in: TheDailyBeast.com By all historical logic and tradition, Wall Street’s outrageous bonuses—almost $20 billion to Goldman Sachs alone—should be setting a populist wildfire across the precincts of the Democratic […]
Appearing in: Forbes.com The opening last week of the world’s tallest building, the half-mile-high Burj Dubai, has largely been greeted with guffaws and groans. The Daily Telegraph labeled it “the […]
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png00Joel Kotkin and Robert J. Cristiano/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.pngJoel Kotkin and Robert J. Cristiano2010-01-12 07:57:402017-02-24 15:33:18Move the United Nations to Dubai
America’s European Dream
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com The evolving Greek fiscal tragedy represents more than an isolated case of a particularly poorly run government. It reflects a deeper and potentially irreversible malaise that threatens […]
America on the Rise
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com For much of the past decade, “declinism” – the notion that America is heading toward a deadly denouement – has largely been a philosophy of the left. […]
A Race Of Races
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes.com When Americans think of our nation’s power (or our imminent lack of it) we tend to point to the national debts, GDP or military prowess. Few have […]
The Death Of Gentry Liberalism
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com Gentry liberalism, so hot just a year ago, is now in full retreat, a victim of its hypocrisy and fundamental contradictions. Its collapse threatens the coherence of […]
Phoenix, Put Aside Dreams of Gotham
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Arizona Republic Now that Phoenix’s ascendancy has been at least momentarily suspended, its residents are no doubt wondering what comes next. One tendency is to say the […]
The Kids Will Be Alright
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Wall Street Journal America’s population growth makes it a notable outlier among the advanced industrialized countries. The country boasts a fertility rate 50% higher than that of […]
The War Against Suburbia
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The American A year into the Obama administration, America’s dominant geography, suburbia, is now in open revolt against an urban-centric regime that many perceive threatens their way of […]
America’s Agricultural Angst
/in California, Rural Policy, The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes.com In this high-tech information age few look to the most basic industries as sources of national economic power. Yet no sector in America is better positioned for […]
Stop Coddling Wall Street!
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: TheDailyBeast.com By all historical logic and tradition, Wall Street’s outrageous bonuses—almost $20 billion to Goldman Sachs alone—should be setting a populist wildfire across the precincts of the Democratic […]
Move the United Nations to Dubai
/in Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes.com The opening last week of the world’s tallest building, the half-mile-high Burj Dubai, has largely been greeted with guffaws and groans. The Daily Telegraph labeled it “the […]