Entries by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox

Gray Shadow Looms Over Home of Youth Culture

Appearing in: Orange County Register Southern California, like the rest of America and, indeed, the higher-income world, is getting older, rapidly. Even as the region’s population is growing slowly, its […]

Southern California Stuck in Drive

Appearing in: Orange County Register Southern California has long been a nurturer of dreams that, while widely anticipated, often are never quite achieved. One particularly strong fantasy involves Los Angeles […]

California’s Southern Discomfort

We know this was a harsh recession, followed by, at best, a tepid recovery for the vast majority of Americans. But some people and some regions have surged somewhat ahead, […]

China Failing its Families

Appearing in: Orange County Register China’s recent decision to reverse – at least in part – its policy limiting most couples to one child marks a watershed in thinking about […]