Entries by Joel Kotkin

California Jumps the Shark

Appearing in: Orange County Register America may have trended toward the GOP, but California seems determined to find its own direction. The only question is, simply, how much more progressive […]

Trumping the Elites

Appearing in: The City Journal She had it all—the pliant media, the tech oligarchs, Wall Street, the property moguls, the academics, and the all-around “smart people.” What Hillary Clinton didn’t […]

Can Working Class, Elite Form Alliance?

Appearing in: Orange County Register Can the party of oligarchy also be the party of the people? Besides fending off the never-ending taint of corruption, which could weaken the extent […]

Real Estate Doesn’t Make an Economy

Appearing in: Orange County Register From Southern California to Shanghai and London, inflated real estate prices have evolved into a simulacrum for broader prosperity. In an era of limited income […]