Joel Kotkin is that rarest of pundits these days: the optimist. While the nation grapples with a catastrophic oil spill, frets over uncertain financial markets, and worries about the future of energy ...

Since the early 2000s, governors and legislators from both parties have signed onto a climate agenda in California that is making energy steadily unaffordable.Gasoline in California, according to AAA, ...

People — and, more recently, capital — migrate to places that offer greater opportunities,” explains Spiked’s Joel Kotkin.

Sometime within the next two years, we human beings will pass a demographic milestone as significant as any in our history. By the beginning of 2007 -- at least according to the calculations of Joel ...

American demographer, academic and author Joel Kotkin discusses his new book, 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism' with John Anderson, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. When I say "Feudalism, ...

For those who plan to listen to Joel Kotkin speak about opportunity in America's heartland Tuesday, there will be work to do afterward: Seize the opportunity. Kotkin, an international expert on ...

Joel Kotkin, author of “The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution is Reshaping the American Landscape,” is set to speak Tuesday at the Fullerton Marriott next to California State University, ...

In support of recent studies indicating three-quarters of homeowners live here part-time, author Joel Kotkin found out firsthand how prevalent that type of residency is on the South Shore. The Los ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires represent thousands of personal tragedies, but they also constitute a collective disaster, adding new housing shortages to California’s already massive shortfall — a ...

Sometimes policy change is necessitated by reality. The welcome new entente cordiale between Ottawa and Alberta, fast tracking new energy developments, marks a pleasant example.

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An internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends, Joel Kotkin is the author of the critically acclaimed book, *THE CITY: A GLOBAL HISTORY*, published by Random ...