By: Dan Proft
On: Dan Proft Show

Joel Kotkin talks with Dan Proft about his recent piece Oligarchy and Pestilence and also his book The Coming of Neo Feudalism. Read more

With: Ben Domenech

On: The Federalist

Joel Kotkin joins Ben Domenech on The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss how cities will be transformed after the coronavirus pandemic ends. Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, California and executive director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute. Read the related piece by Joel, on rethinking densely populated cities, that is referenced during this interview.

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Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Executive Director for Urban Reform Institute — formerly the Center for Opportunity Urbanism. His last book was The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us (Agate, 2017). His next book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class, is now available to preorder. You can follow him on Twitter @joelkotkin.

With: Amanda Vanstone

On: Counterpoint on Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Joel Kotkin talks about the two distinct middle classes with Amanda Vanstone. The middle class is often broadly described as those who fall into the middle group of workers, compared to the bottom 20% and top 20%; and it’s been widely assumed that those in the middle class have shared interest and aspirations — but Kotkin explains that their interests increasingly diverge. Read the related piece by Joel, on the Two Middle Classes, that is referenced during this interview.

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By: Conor Lynch
Appearing In: truthdig

Since Donald Trump captured the Republican nomination four years ago, mainstream media across the political spectrum have warned us about the rise of “populism.” The standard narrative goes something like this: those on the political extremes — especially the far-right but also the far-left—are rapidly gaining ground and subverting liberal democracy across the globe, ushering in a new age of authoritarianism.

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By: Carly Stern
Appearing in: Ozy | The Daily Dose

The nuclear family — where a father, mother and child live in one household — was crowned the mainstream gold standard since the post World War II boom. American sitcoms like I Love Lucy and Leave It to Beaver showed the viewing public what an idealized American family should look like. Fast forward to the 2000s, and the sitcom Modern Family is probably closer to a millennial’s reality.

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