Joel Kotkin
The American Mind
Orange, CA, United States
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Own Nothing and Love It
An unholy alliance of planners, financiers, and leftists wants everyone to live in mass social housing developments. → Read More
Slow Boat from China
Biden’s tax, regulatory, climate, and labor law agenda undermine the intent of bringing production back home by making it ever more expensive to produce here. → Read More
Powering Down the Developing World
The Covid-19 pandemic has been particularly cruel to the developing world, with Africa, Latin America, and South Asia all epicenters of high fatalities. But something worse may be on the way – → Read More
Fully Oligarchic Luxury Californication
The tech elite have joined forces with progressive visionaries to establish a model of America’s feudal future. → Read More
The battle between the two Americas
In recent history, the United States has arguably never been so divided — but not in the way you might think. Yes, the country has been split by the culture wars, with their polarising focus on race and gender. But behind the scenes, another conflict has been brewing; shaped by the economics of class, it has created two Americas increasingly in conflict. The First America is made up of the… → Read More
A Middle Class Rebellion Against Progressives Is Gaining Steam
Without a Trump to unite them, the Democrats, led by a radical fringe unrepresentative of even their own party, is finding themselves increasingly isolated. → Read More
Climate Policy: Covid on Steroids?
For most people around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic seems a great human tragedy, with deaths, bankruptcies, and fractured mental states. Yet for some, especially among the green Twitterati and in → Read More
Economic Civil War
Inside the bitter battle over America’s new geography. → Read More
The 2020 election will be decided in suburbia
As one political analyst put it: “Suburbs are the new Florida.” → Read More
Blackouts and Fires Caused by California's Ineffective Green Policies
Since 2007, when “landmark” global warming legislation was passed, California has accounted for barely 5% of the nation’s greenhouse gas reductions. → Read More
'Lone Eagle' Cities: Where The Most People Work From Home
In some small cities, the share of workers who are based out of their homes now tops 10%. All signs point to their numbers growing in the years to come. → Read More
The new geography of America, post-coronavirus
Nearly two in five urban residents are considering a move to a less crowded place. → Read More
Hygienic fascism: Turning the world into a 'safe space' — but at what cost?
The degree of social control being proposed often reveals staggering tunnel vision. → Read More
Contrary to Media Hype, Tech Firms and Young Workers Aren’t Flocking to 'Superstar’ Cities
When Amazon decided to locate its second headquarters in New York, it cited the supposed advantages of the city’s talent base. Now that progressive politicians have chased Amazon out of town, the tech booster chorus has been working overtime to prove that Gotham, and other big, dense,... → Read More
Economics Blunt A Blue Wave In 2018 Elections, But Danger Signs Mount For GOP
Strong income gains in red states canceled out anti-Trump fury seen elsewhere, but even in a booming economy, the Democrats made significant gains in suburbs near big cities, as demographics shift against the Republicans. → Read More
The Winning Cities In Information-Age America
Economic developers dream of attracting the types of companies that employ hordes of high-paid programmers and creative workers, but more U.S. cities have lost information jobs over the past five years than have gained any. Here are the cities that are coming out ahead in this vital sector. → Read More
The Cities Creating The Most White-Collar Jobs, 2018
There's a shift under way in the geography of high-paid professional work, with some of the strongest creation of new positions for the likes of lawyers, accountants and architects happening far from the high-rise canyons of New York in places like Austin, Texas, Kansas City, Mo., and Orlando. → Read More
Where U.S. Manufacturing Is Thriving In 2018
The vast majority of Americans are more likely to associate Orlando with Mickey Mouse than Rosie the Riveter, but the metro area is tops in the nation for manufacturing job growth, with two other Florida cities making the top five. → Read More
Growth In America Is Tilting To Smaller Cities
We are often told that America’s future lies in our big cities. That may no longer be entirely true. Some of the strongest job creation and population growth is now occurring in cities of 1 million people or less. Here are the leaders. → Read More
The Best Cities For Jobs 2018: Dallas And Austin Lead The Surging South
Among America’s largest metropolitan areas, the economic leaders come in two flavors: Southern-fried and West Coast organic. The former are coming on strong while the Bay Area fades, with Southern metro areas taking six of the top 10 spots in this annual ranking of the places creating the most jobs. → Read More