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Entries by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox

Revival: Americans Heading Back to Hinterlands

September 15, 2025/in Demographics, Rural Policy, The Economy

The famous New Yorker magazine cover showing much of civilization ending at the Hudson River, save for Chicago, D.C., and then the West Coast, had more than a grain of […]

Exodus: Affordability Crisis Sends Americans Packing From Big Cities

September 13, 2025/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

For much of the past century, in both the United States and elsewhere, the inexorable trend has been for people to move from rural areas and towns to ever larger […]

The $130 Billion Train That Couldn’t

July 24, 2025/in California

In the annals of stupid and poorly run schemes, the California High-Speed Rail project ranks among the worst. Its future, even a dramatically scaled down one, has become ever more […]

Building the Future: Fixing the Global Housing Crisis

June 1, 2025/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

Even some long-time advocates of forced densification and urban growth boundaries are recognizing that “sprawl” is not only here to stay, but that it offers a cohesive and market-friendly way to spur greater construction.

Locked Out of the Dream: Regulation Making Homes Unaffordable Around the World

May 31, 2025/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

Record numbers of first-time buyers are stuck on the sidelines as housing affordability stands at the lowest level ever recorded.

A Lesson on California Housing from the Billionaires Planning a New City

September 28, 2023/in California

A cadre of Silicon Valley elites is drawing fierce criticism from local residents and environmentalists for planning a new city on the outskirts of the Bay Area, a project dubbed “California Forever.”

Housing Report: Blame Ourselves, Not Our Stars

June 19, 2023/in California, Reports

No issue plagues Californians more than the high cost of housing. By almost every metric—from rents to home prices—Golden State residents suffer the highest burden for shelter of any state in the continental U.S.

The Unexpected Future

August 22, 2022/in Demographics

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — We are entering an unanticipated reality—an era of slow population growth and, increasingly, demographic decline that will shape our future in profound and unpredictable ways.

Serfing the Future?

April 27, 2022/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Are we “serfing the future” as big capital and ever-more intrusive regulation creates a market in which home-ownership is out of reach and young people are forced into a lifetime of rental serfdom?

Here’s Why California is Losing Population for the First Time

January 3, 2022/in California, Demographics

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — California is losing population, a demographic reversal that threatens both the state’s economic future and the durability of its progressive model.