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You Can’t Fix Housing with New Houses. We Need New Cities
/in California, Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsHousing is rapidly becoming the key economic issue facing America’s beleaguered middle class. Even as interest rates rise, rents are on a wild binge, up near 20 percent in the past year or more in some cities. We need a new approach to cities and housing policy.
Exurbia Rising
/in Demographics, The EconomyPerhaps nowhere is the gap between America’s cognitive elite and its populace larger than in their preferred urban forms. For nearly a century—interrupted only by the Depression and the Second World War—Americans have been heading further from the urban core, seeking affordable and safe communities with good schools, parks, and a generally more tranquil lifestyle in “exurbia”.
Webinar: The Case for Suburbia
/in Urban AffairsThe seeming success of compact cities and the supposed dangers of sprawl to the climate have led to pushback against sprawling, car-dominated cities. Join us as we discuss the environmental case for suburbia.
The Tech Breakdown
/in California, The EconomyIs a tech breakdown here? The recent Meta stock meltdown suggests turbulence in the tech world and a difficult period ahead for the company formerly known as Facebook.
The New Eurasian Century
/in Politics, The EconomyAn emerging Eurasian century encompasses Russia and its expanding list of recovered satellites, as well as China, the world’s premier dictatorship and workshop.
Fresno Business Council Meeting
/in California, Urban AffairsJoel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky join a Fresno Business Council Board Meeting to discuss unaffordable housing and solutions to housing costs.
Green Hypocrisy Hurts the Poorest
/in Politics, The Economyby Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — The wounds of green hypocrisy are self-inflicted — a product of misguided policies meant to accelerate the transition to green energy.
The Zaibatsu-ization of America
/in The EconomyThe zaibatu-ization of America’s economy presents an enormous problem of governance. Our constitutional structure is based on the notion of many competing players.
A New Dawn for the Working Class?
/in Politics, The EconomyOnce working-class protests were often organised by leftists or even Communists, but many of today’s working-class radical movements take on a different, more populist and distinctly anti-statist character.
How Biden Can Defeat China
/in Politics, The EconomyHow can Biden defeat China? Supporting the industrial renaissance taking place in America’s heartland can address our ruinous dependence on China, while accelerating job growth.