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Podcast Episode 7: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All With Mike Shellenberger
/in California, Podcast, Urban AffairsOn the 7th Feudal Future episode, Mike Shellenberger joins hosts Marshall Toplansky & Joel Kotkin to talk about how environmentalism and housing policies are mismanaged and why environmental alarmism hurts us all.
Green Policies Won’t Keep California Truckin’
/in California, Politics, The EconomyNo state advertises its green credentials more than California. That these policies often hurt the economy, driving up housing costs and narrowing opportunities for working-class people while not even doing much for the environment, has not discouraged the state’s environmental overlords.
How to Rebuild the Republican Party After Trump’s Disasters
/in Politics, The EconomyWhether the post-Trump era starts this November or in 2024, Republicans will need to rebuild as a viable aspirational party, one that supports upward mobility for most Americans; it will have to appeal to minority communities, which now tilt overwhelmingly to the Democrats.
California’s Woke Hypocrisy
/in California, Politics, The EconomyNo state wears its multicultural veneer more ostentatiously than California. The Golden State’s leaders believe that they lead a progressive paradise, but Hispanics and Blacks do worse economically in California than elsewhere.
Podcast Episode 6: Beyond Feudalism: Addressing California’s Inequality Crisis (Live Event)
/in California, Podcast, PoliticsOn July 14, Joel & Marshall held a Virtual Town Hall, discussing California’s inequality crisis and how changes in state policy could restore the middle class.
Joel Kotkin Q&A on ‘The Coming of Neo-Feudalism’
/in In the News, PoliticsIn this interview with Carl Cannon, Joel Kotkin discusses how modern day feudalism works — the topic of his latest book, ‘The Coming of Neo-Feudalism’
Is the Big Cities Boom Over? Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida Debate on Munk Debates
/in In the News, Urban AffairsDoes the COVID-19 pandemic spell the end of the big city boom? Listen to Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida debate on Munk Debates.
GateWay Second Chance: Why We Need Education & Life Skills For At-Risk Youth
/in Podcast, Urban AffairsOn this Feudal Future episode, Nink Carter joins hosts Marshall Toplansky & Joel Kotkin to talk about education & life skills for at risk youth, and how his nonprofit organizations seek to make a difference.
Is the California Dream Finished?
/in California, Demographics, The Economy, Urban Affairsby Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers should stop trying to sell the myth of the California dream. On its current trajectory, this state is socially, fiscally and economically unsustainable.
Urban Blues
/in Demographics, Religion, The Economy, Urban AffairsEven as urban “blue” America seems to strengthen their political power, they are engaged in blue-icide, undermining their own urban base of disadvantaged citizens and their own credibility.