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/in California, In the NewsCalifornia prides itself on being the resistance. Resist Trump, fight climate change, be progressive, it’s all a bunch of nonsense. There’s no way the left’s ideas can really work. California has become a dangerous liberal experiment.
Is America Now Second-Rate?
/in PoliticsPresident Donald Trump’s recent renunciation of the Paris climate change accords has spurred “the international community” to pronounce America’s sudden exit from global leadership.
Where Manufacturing is Thriving in the U.S.
/in Demographics, The EconomyThroughout the dismal presidential campaign, the plight of America’s manufacturing sector played a central role. Despite all the concerns raised about factory jobs leaving the country…
California’s Descent to Socialism
/in California, PoliticsCalifornia is widely celebrated as the fount of technical, cultural and political innovation. Now we seem primed to outdo even ourselves, creating a new kind of socialism that, in the end, more resembles feudalism than social democracy.
The Coming Democratic Civil War
/in Demographics, PoliticsEven before the election of Donald Trump, and more so afterwards, the dysfunction of the GOP has been glaringly obvious. Yet, favorability ratings for the Democrats, notes Gallup, have also been dropping, and are nearly identical to that of the Republicans.
The Great Betrayal of Middle America
/in PoliticsTo America’s vast midsection, Trump represented a beacon of hope. Yet in barely six months, Trump is emerging as the latest politician to betray middle America.
Preparing for the Infinite Suburb
/in In the News, Urban AffairsHyperloop-One has a Q&A Alan Berger and Joel Kotkin, co-authors of an upcoming book titled “Infinite Suburbia”. Third in a series of conversations during Infrastructure Week.
The California economy’s surface strength hides looming weakness
/in California, The EconomyIf you listen to California’s many boosters, things have never been so good. And, to be sure, since 2011, the state appears to have gained its economic footing, and outperformed many of its rivals.
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author J.D. Vance, economic development experts discuss the heartland
/in In the News, The EconomyIt was all about middle America at “The New American Heartland” forum in Cleveland, as Moderator Joel Kotkin asked panel members to identify the region’s biggest obstacles to success.
What Trump Has Wrought
/in Politics, The EconomyJust a few short months ago, we seemed on the brink of a new political era. Donald Trump improbably was headed to the White House, while the Democratic Party, at near historic lows in statehouse power and without control of either house of Congress, seemed to be facing a lengthy period in political purgatory.