Kotkin Talks About the Two Middle Classes with Amanda Vanstone
Joel Kotkin talks about the two distinct middle classes with Amanda Vanstone; Kotkin explains there are two middle classes with interests that increasingly diverge.
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Dark Days Lie Ahead in the Dystopia of California
by Gerard Baker—With blackouts, crippling taxation and unaffordable housing, the Golden State is a feudal society of super-rich and serfs. The dystopia of California has people voting with their feet.
Joel Kotkin Explains The ‘Regression of America’s Big Progressive Cities’
By: KFI AM 640 On: John and Ken Show Joel Kotkin is the executive director of the Houston-based Center for Opportunity Urbanism, as well as the executive editor of NewGeography.com. […]
Joel on Rod Arquette: America Still Number One
Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Center for Opportunity Urbanism, joins the Rod Arquette show to discuss his recent piece in the Orange County Register about America still being number one despite what politicians are saying.
Texas Seems Better Placed to Adapt Than California
The Golden State’s economy used to be a rising tide lifting all sorts of boats, says Joel Kotkin of Chapman University. “Now it’s a rising tide lifting a few yachts.”
New York’s Notorious Landlords Are Finally Losing Some of Their Power
by Ankita Rao — Even amid a years-long national housing crisis, New York City’s rental market has seemed especially cruel.
The average rent increased by 24 percent between 2009 and 2016, the number of new homes grew far slower than the number of people flocking to NYC
Where Saving for a House Can Take 95 Years
by Carly Stern — It now takes 14 years to save for a down payment in the U.S. — 27 years in major U.S. cities and a whopping 95 years in one part of Colorado. “If we want to maintain homeownership, we’ll have to do what we did after World War II: Build communities that are relatively affordable,” Kotkin says.
Joel on KPCC’s AirTalk Discussing Solutions to Southern Cal’s Homeless Crisis
Urban planning experts join in the conversation to talk about the nature of L.A.’s housing and homeless crisis, the controversy around now-tabled SB-50 and the concept of preserving “local character.
Joel Kotkin on Homelessness in Los Angeles on KABC 790
Joel Kotkin interviewed on KABC, about homelessness in Los Angeles. California’s homeless issue isn’t responding to various costly programs; Joel Kotkin discusses why not.
Joel Kotkin Discusses Democratic Socialism on WCLO AM1230
Joel Kotkin talks with Tim Bremel on AM1230 (WCLO), discussing the definition of democratic socialism and its relationship to the history of socialism.
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