Kotkin Talks About California with Larry Elder
/in In the NewsWith: Larry Elder
On: The Larry Elder Show on SNC
Joel Kotkin talks about California politics, demographics, and issues — and contrasts Orange County with other areas of the state. Read the related piece by Joel, that is referenced during this interview. Read more
Joel Kotkin talks with Rod Arquette: Democrats Need New Clinton
/in In the NewsBy: Rod Arquette
On: The Rod and Greg Show
Joel Kotkin, Professor of Urban Studies at Chapman University, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about his piece for Unherd on how the Democrat Party needs a new Bill Clinton.
Just as the Democrats absorbed the lessons of 1980, readjusting their message, returning to the White House, and ultimately dominating the political scene until Trump’s first victory in 2016 — so too must their modern successors relearn the practical policies that made their forebears so potent.
Listen to the Episode (Joel’s conversation starts at 24:16)
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Kotkin on World Week: Biden on Steroids
/in In the NewsBy: World Week
On: Die Weltwoche (Listen to episode)
Urs Gehriger interviews Joel Kotkin to discuss what the United States could look like under a President Harris:
Kotkin: If you look at who has benefited under Biden, unless there there is a massive downturn, there’ll be the same people that will benefit under Harris, people who own stock and property.
The interesting divide in the selection among the oligarchs is those concerned in media, in social media, in AI, on the information side, are overwhelmingly for Harris. The people who actually build things tend to be for Trump.
Kotkin on KFI News
/in In the NewsBy: John Kobylt Podcast
On: KFI News – This Just In (Listen to episode)
John Kobylt invites Joel Kotkin to discuss his recent piece in Unherd on the decline of Los Angeles, i.e., The City of Angels.
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Kotkin on The Ricochet Podcast
/in In the NewsBy: Charles C.W. Cooke, James Lileks & Steve Hayward
On: The Ricochet Podcast (Listen to episode)
The contemporary social planner seems to favor all sorts of peoples’ movements—except for the kind that involves automobiles, driven by citizens away from dense urban cores into the suburbs that they can afford. Today, Joel Kotkin (author of The Human City and The Coming of Neo-Feudalism) joins the podcast to discuss the new class of urbanists who brim with ideas for a city that won’t work for the people meant to occupy them.
Plus, Steve, James and Charlie quibble over Tuesday’s debate, and they reflect on yet another 9/11 anniversary.
The “Donut Effect” in Austin
/in In the NewsBy: Jennifer A. Kingston, Asher Price
In: Axios
The most pronounced dynamic shaping U.S. cities, including Austin, as 2024 gets underway is “the donut effect” — a hollowing of the urban core as people, jobs and retailers flee to the suburbs and exurbs.
Canada Starting to Look Neo-feudal as Rich-Poor Gulf Widens
/in In the NewsBy: Frank Stronach
In: National Post
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer goes the old saying. But is it true? It certainly seems to be the case in Canada.
A new report published by Statistics Canada last week showed that the wealth gap in our country continues to widen. Read more
Kotkin on Spectrum News to Discuss Improving Economy
/in In the NewsBy: Jo Kwon
On: Spectrum News
A recent poll shows three-quarters of American adults want the government to focus on the economy in 2024.
While some economic indicators, like the unemployment rate, show the economy is improving, many people are not feeling improvements in their pocketbooks.
Grocery shoppers in Costa Mesa spoke with Spectrum News about the economy and food prices.
Chapman University’s Joel Kotkin, author and expert in demographics, the economy and other topics, discusses the so-called misery index.
Kotkin Joins The Spectator to Discuss Who is Winning America’s Class War
/in In the NewsBy: Freddy Gray
On: Americano
This week Freddy is joined in The Spectator offices by regular contributor and fellow of urban studies at Chapman University, Joel Kotkin. They discuss Biden and Trump’s respective attempts to burnish their credentials with the unions this week, how the cultural agenda is alienating voters, and whether technology could prevent the coming of neo-feudalism. Read more
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