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Could COVID Exodus Speed the Heartland Revival?
/in California, Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsThe rise of remote work — one result of the COVID pandemic, has accelerated the exodus of immigrants, minorities and young people from urban areas to smaller cities.
Feudal Future Podcast — Education Exposed: Learning in a Post-COVID World
/in Demographics, PodcastOn this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Dr. Roxanne Greitz Miller to discuss today’s education system and how it is challenged to respond to cultural shifts and access to information.
The Green New Deal will Impoverish America
/in Politics, The EconomyUnder a Green New Deal, displaced workers will be encouraged to take a job in the ‘green economy’, but these jobs are likely to pay far less than the jobs eliminated by the Green New Deal.
The Looming Democrat Civil War
/in Politics, Rural Policy, The Economy, Urban AffairsToday the Democrats seem united, but the impending Democratic civil war is based on divisions that result from incompatible constituencies and ideologies.
Who Will Control the 21st Century? Whoever Controls Space
/in Politics, The Economyby Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Few things will be of more important to the lives of our children than who wins the emerging, epoch-defining struggle for control of space.
Hope and Fear: Can We Avoid a Racial Apocalypse?
/in PoliticsThe left’s and the media’s embrace of racial apocalypse has been sadly selective, ignoring racial violence committed by other ‘people of color’.
What Happened to Social Democracy?
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsBorn of the radical Left, social democracy worked to improve the living standards of working people by accommodating the virtues of capitalism.
Trust the Science: The Blue State Surge is Real
/in Demographics, Urban Affairsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — For months the conventional wisdom among Democrats, was that lockdowns played an essential role in containing COVID-19. The great heroes, in addition to Anthony Fauci, were hardline governors like Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer, California’s Gavin Newsom and, most of all, New York’s Andrew Cuomo.
The California Economy vs. Sacramento
/in California, PoliticsIn recent years the California economy has been divided, Janus-like, between a rising innovation economy, and its overall economy, where 85% of new jobs pay below the median income.
The Death of the American City
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsWhen my grandparents migrated to New York from Russia over a century ago, they found a city that was hardly paradise, but one that provided a pathway towards a better life. But today’s cities no longer offer upward mobility, and the working class is leaving.