Entries by Joel Kotkin

Amid Obama’s Change is More of the Same

Appearing in: Politico The Obama administration has been, so far, hierarchical and even conservative in its thinking. Following and even surpassing the Bush administration’s reliance on an M.B.A.-trained elite, which […]

Europe: No Longer A Role Model For America

Appearing in: Forbes For decades many in the American political and policy establishment–including close supporters of President Obama–have looked enviously at the bureaucratic powerhouse of the European Union. In everything […]

Britain’s Labour Lessons For Obama

Appearing in: Forbes LONDON – The thrashing of Britain’s New Labour Party – which came in a weak third in local and European Parliament elections this week – may seem […]

Can California Make A Comeback?

Appearing in: Forbes These are times that thrill some easterners’ souls. However bad things might be on Wall Street or Beacon Hill, there’s nothing more pleasing to Atlantic America than […]