Does the COVID-19 pandemic spell the end of the big cities boom?
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the globe, but it’s our cities that have felt the greatest impact. Research shows that 95% of people infected with the virus live in urban areas. Read more
By: Toby Young
On: Quillette
Joel Kotkin, executive director of the Urban Reform Institute and author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism, talks to Toby Young about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on American cities and the rioting that broke out following the death of George Floyd. Joel recently wrote about this in a piece entitled Pandemics and Pandemonium for Quillette. Read more
By: Mark Bauerlein
On: First Things
Joel Kotkin joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein on the First Things podcast to talk about his recently published book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class Read more
By: Dan Proft
On: Omny
Joel Kotkin talks with Dan Proft about his recent piece — first published in Tablet Magazine, Urban Blues, on how progressives are engaged in a process of blue-icide. Read more
By: Chris Sheridan
On: FS Insider
Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute, speaks with FS Insider about his latest book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class.
By: KNRS 105.9 Talk Radio
On: Rod Arquette Show
Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute, joins the Rod Arquette show to discuss his recent piece in The Daily Beast on how the coronavirus may be pushing America toward a better future.
By: George J. Marlin
On: The Island Now
For some years, I have been recommending new political books readers might choose to crack open during their summer vacations. This year, however, I am taking a slightly different approach because many interesting books slated for publication in the spring have been put off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
So, for political junkies, I recommend not only recent publications, but several books published decades ago that I took down from my library shelves and reread while confined to my home. (The out-of-print books can be purchased at abebooks.com.)
By: Frederic W. (“Fritz”) Knaak
In: StarTribune
The June 23 commentary “This area’s been told for decades: Segregation won’t work” provides a compelling background leading up to the current unrest in Minneapolis. Yet its conclusions may lead us in the wrong direction in search of solutions. Read more
By: Haisten Willis
In: Washington Post
The back-to-the-city narrative that took hold in the years after the Great Recession described a new generation — millennials — eschewing suburban life to ride public transit back into the urban core of America. Read more
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