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Getting On the Road to Republican Resurgence
/in Demographics, Politicsby Joel Kotkin — To be sure, Republican control of the states is at a historic high-water mark, but the fundamentals seem to be collapsing. Its base constituencies — small towns, white male and high school educated voters — are demographically shrinking.
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan is a Rare, and Potentially Bipartisan, Feel Good Moment
/in Politics, The Economy, Urban AffairsPresident Trump’s proposed trillion dollar plus infrastructure program represents a rare, and potentially united feel good moment. Yet before we jump into a massive re-do of our transportation, water and electrical systems, it’s critical to make sure we get some decent bang for the federal buck.
The Three Faces of the Democratic Party Are Coming to a Head
/in PoliticsIn the wake of President Trump’s first official State of the Union speech, and the positive momentum in the economy, the putative “party of the people” now faces a much under-addressed internal crisis. United against Trump, the factions which dominate the party increasingly operate at cross purposes.
A Year Into Trump’s Peasant Rebellion
/in Demographics, Politics, Rural Policyby Joel Kotkin — A year into office, Donald Trump remains something of an unlikely figure: a self-promoting and well-heeled demagogue who leads a bedraggled coalition of piratical capitalists, southerners, and people from the has-been or never were towns of Middle America. His fiercest opponents largely come from the apex of our society: the tech oligarchy, a rabidly hostile press and the cultural and academic hegemons.
The Screwed Millennial Generation Gets Smart
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsIt’s been seven years since I wrote about “the screwed generation.” The story told has since become familiar: Millennials, then largely in their twenties, faced a future of limited economic opportunity, lower incomes, and too few permanent, high-paying jobs.
Housing and the California Dream are at a Crossroads
/in CaliforniaFor generations, California has offered its people an opportunity to own a home, start a business, and move up, whether someone came from Brooklyn, east Texas, Morelos or Taipei. That deal is still desired by most, but is being legislated out of existence for all but the very rich…
The Cities Where African Americans are Doing the Best Economically 2018
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban Affairsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — To determine where African-Americans are doing the best economically, we evaluated America’s 53 largest metropolitan statistical areas…
Can the Trump Economy Trump Trump?
/in Politics, The Economyby Joel Kotkin — President Trump’s critics find it hard to give him credit for anything, especially given his extraordinary boastfulness. Yet Trump’s economic policies seem to be working. New job numbers are robust and wages continue to rise.
A New Vision for Southern California
/in Californiaby Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Since the start of the last century, Southern California has been a pioneer in building ways of living, and an economy, that broke with normal convention. Our region created a new paradigm, one both defining suburbanism and friendly to middle class aspirations, that attracted millions here.
Tech’s New Hotbeds: Cities With Fastest Growth in STEM Jobs Are Far From Silicon Valley
/in Demographics, The EconomyThe conventional wisdom sees tech concentrating in a handful of places. To a considerable extent, that was true – until it wasn’t. The most recent data on STEM jobs suggests tech jobs are shifting to more affordable places…