Is America Now Second-Rate?
President Donald Trump’s recent renunciation of the Paris climate change accords has spurred “the international community” to pronounce America’s sudden exit from global leadership.
Entries by Joel Kotkin
Where Manufacturing is Thriving in the U.S.
Throughout the dismal presidential campaign, the plight of America’s manufacturing sector played a central role. Despite all the concerns raised about factory jobs leaving the country…
California’s Descent to Socialism
California is widely celebrated as the fount of technical, cultural and political innovation. Now we seem primed to outdo even ourselves, creating a new kind of socialism that, in the end, more resembles feudalism than social democracy.
The Coming Democratic Civil War
Even before the election of Donald Trump, and more so afterwards, the dysfunction of the GOP has been glaringly obvious. Yet, favorability ratings for the Democrats, notes Gallup, have also been dropping, and are nearly identical to that of the Republicans.
The Great Betrayal of Middle America
To America’s vast midsection, Trump represented a beacon of hope. Yet in barely six months, Trump is emerging as the latest politician to betray middle America.
The California economy’s surface strength hides looming weakness
If you listen to California’s many boosters, things have never been so good. And, to be sure, since 2011, the state appears to have gained its economic footing, and outperformed many of its rivals.
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author J.D. Vance, economic development experts discuss the heartland
It was all about middle America at “The New American Heartland” forum in Cleveland, as Moderator Joel Kotkin asked panel members to identify the region’s biggest obstacles to success.
What Trump Has Wrought
Just a few short months ago, we seemed on the brink of a new political era. Donald Trump improbably was headed to the White House, while the Democratic Party, at near historic lows in statehouse power and without control of either house of Congress, seemed to be facing a lengthy period in political purgatory.
Report on the New American Heartland
The greatest test America faces is whether it can foster the kind of growth that benefits and expands the middle class. To do so, the United States will need to meet three challenges…
The Globalization Debate is Just Beginning
The decisive victory of Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen is being widely hailed as a victory of good over evil, and an affirmation of open migration flows and globalization. Certainly, the defeat of the odious National Front should be considered good news, but the global conflict over trade and immigration has barely begun.
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