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/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register In a state ruled by a former Jesuit, perhaps we should not be shocked to find ourselves in the grip of an incipient state religion. […]
Southern California Still Best Place to Get Creative
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register Over the past decade, Southern California has lagged well behind its chief rivals – New York and the Bay Area, as well as the fast-growing […]
The Cruel Information Economy: The U.S. Cities Winning In This Critical Sector
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Arguably the most critical industry in the new economy, information is also often the cruelest. It is the ultimate disruptor of jobs and growth, blessing some regional […]
A Berning Rift Growing Among Democrats
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register The mainstream media are having a field day, and rightfully so, chronicling the meltdown of the once-formidable Republican Party. Less focus has been placed on […]
Trump’s Industrial Belt Appeal
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics In his still improbable path to the White House, Donald Trump has an opening, right through the middle of the country. From the Appalachians to […]
The Cost of NOT Housing: A New Report
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: National CORE This is the introduction to an new report “The Cost of NOT Housing” authored by Joel Kotkin for the National CORE Symposium on Affordability of Housing. […]
Battle of the Imperial Pretenders
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register It took the Roman Republic five centuries to devolve into a centralized despotism. It may take ours roughly 240 years to get to the same […]
How to Make Cities Livable Again
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast In his new book, The Human City, Joel Kotkin looks at the ways cities succeed or fail in terms of how their residents are best served. […]
Politics Move Left, Americans Move Right
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics In an election year in which the top likely candidates come from New York, big cities arguably dominate American politics more than at any time […]
Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump? The Winner Is…the Oligarchy
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Daily Beast The real winners in election 2016 are going to be the new-economy oligarchs who are among Clinton’s biggest donors. This presidential election may have been […]