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Kotkin & Cox: Rise of the nation-states
in Education, Planning/by Mike NewBY JOEL KOTKIN and WENDELL COX… In this highly polarized political environment, states and localities, are ever more taking on the character of separate countries. Washington’s gridlock is increasingly matched by decisive, often “go it alone” polices from local authorities. Rather than create a brave, increasingly federalized second New Deal, the Obama years, particularly since […]
HIGH DENSITY HOUSING’S BIGGEST MYTH
in Demographics, Housing, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Ross Elliott 03/07/2015 Advocates of higher density housing development in Australia’s major cities – inner city areas in particular – are fond of pointing to a range of statistics as evidence of rising demand. Dwelling approvals, dwelling commencements, tower crane counts and various other sources, both reputable and dodgy, are referenced and then highly […]
THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF EDUCATION, INCOME GROWTH AND POVERTY IN AMERICA
in Demographics, Economics, Education, Urban Issues/by Mike NewBy Joel Kotkin — We often rate metropolitan areas for their performance over one year, five or at most 10, but…
URBAN CORE MILLENNIALS? A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
in Housing, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Wendell Cox 03/06/2015 Yes, millennials are moving to the urban cores but not in significant numbers when view from the context of larger city (metropolitan area) trends. That’s the updated story, based on new small area data that approximates the year 2011 (Note: ACS 5-Year Data). Small area trends are important to understanding developments […]
California’s SOCIAL PRIORITIES
in Demographics, Economics, Education, Planning/by Mike NewAUTHORS: David Friedman and Jennifer Hernandez are attorneys in the California environmental and land use practice group of Holland & Knight LLC, an international law firm. The practice group periodically publishes analyses of California legal and policy data in support of its continued study of the use, and abuse, of the California Environmental Quality Act […]
MISUNDERSTANDING THE MILLENNIALS
in Demographics, Education, Housing, Planning/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin 03/01/2015 The millennial generation has had much to endure – a still-poor job market, high housing prices and a generally sour political atmosphere. But perhaps the final indignity has been the tendency for millennials to be spoken for by older generations, notably, well-placed boomers, who often seem to impose their own ideological […]
THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF EDUCATION, INCOME GROWTH AND POVERTY IN AMERICA
in Demographics, Education/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin 03/04/2015… In this column, we often rate metropolitan areas for their performance over one year, five or at most 10. But measuring economic and social progress often requires a longer lens, spanning decades. Nowhere is this clearer than in education, which many claim is the key to higher-wage economic growth. Yet there […]
CORRUPT ILLINOIS: NOT A FEW BAD APPLES
in Demographics, Economics, Planning/by Mike Newby Steve Bartin 02/26/2015 Despite a huge advantage in name recognition, massively more money, and a lift from President Obama, Rahm Emanuel failed to avoid a run-off Tuesday. It seems many Chicago residents are beginning to realize that our present system – and leaders – are leading us off a precipice. In the adopted home […]
Misunderstanding the millennials
in Economics, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike NewBY JOEL KOTKIN The millennial generation has had much to endure – a still-poor job market, high housing prices and a generally sour political atmosphere. But perhaps the final indignity has been the tendency for millennials to be spoken for by older generations, notably, well-placed boomers, who often seem to impose their own ideological fantasies, […]
The three faces of populism
in Demographics, Education, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike NewBY JOEL KOTKIN More than at any other time in recent memory, American politics now are centered on class and the declining prospects of the middle class. This is no longer just an issue for longtime leftists or Democratic or right-wing propagandists. It’s a reality so large that even the most detached and self-satisfied Republicans […]