Mandy Shamis, Author at Joel Kotkin

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Can this dream be saved?

August 31, 2015/in

By: Eric Heyl In: TribLIVE Joel was recently interviewed by TribLIVE regarding the downsizing of the American dream. Click below to read the interview.

North Dakota Dept of Commerce Governor’s Summit on Economic Growth

August 5, 2015/in

Location: Fargo, ND

California’s energy policies: The poor are hit hardest

August 5, 2015/in

By: Robert Bryce In: National Review Online …demographer Joel Kotkin wrote, “California is a great state in which to be rich,” but he added that affluence in California “co-exists alongside […]

Notable & Quotable: Joel Kotkin

August 4, 2015/in

In: Wall Street Journal Just as conservatives who [hanker] for a return to the ’50s are sure to be disappointed, urban advocates who suggest a “return to the city” for […]

How an international market explains Virginia’s changing demographics

July 21, 2015/in

By: Peter Galuszka In: The Washington Post A recent study shows just how opportunity is improving in Virginia for diverse groups. The Center for Opportunity Urbanism surveyed 52 cities and […]

Building Industry Show – Keynote Breakfast

July 17, 2015/in

Location: Riverside, CA

Speak Your Piece: The Prodigal Factory

June 17, 2015/in

By: Timothy Collins In: The Daily Yonder Urban-studies scholar Joel Kotkin points out that the nation needs manufacturing to balance the “ephemeral economy” of technology and information. This is where […]

Best Poverty Cure: Escape From Baltimore

June 15, 2015/in

By: William McGurn In: Wall Street Journal ….by Joel Kotkin’s Center for Opportunity Urbanism, measures (by median household income, self-employment, housing affordability and population growth) the best and worst cities […]

Overland Park Chamber of Commerce Nowcast Economic Forecasting Conference

June 15, 2015/in

Location: Overland Park, KS

How Cleveland and the Rust Belt can come back through tech, manufacturing

April 23, 2015/in

By: Marcia Pledger In: The Plain Dealer Joel Kotkin, an expert on global, economic, political and social trends, says cities such as Cleveland have growth potential that areas like the […]