What will be the Future of Cities?

The Future of Cities

Whatever the future holds for humanity, it is likely to take place in an urban context. Yet, there are many, and sometimes divergent, urban futures. This book is being published as a series, with permission of the American Enterprise Institute. Please return weekly to read each chapter as it is published.
Texas Pumpjack

AMERICA NEEDS THE TEXAS ECONOMY TO KEEP ON ROLLING

by Joel Kotkin 02/12/2015 In the last decade, Texas emerged…

Housing the Future

The Inland Empire as Southern California's Indispensable Geography Read…

THE U.S. CITIES WHERE HISPANICS ARE DOING THE BEST ECONOMICALLY

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox 01/30/2015 Since 1980, the…

BUSES: RIDE THE FRIENDLY ROADS?

by Joseph Schwieterman 01/29/2015 Intercity bus companies…

U.S. ECONOMY NEEDS HARDHATS NOT NERDS

by Joel Kotkin 01/25/2015 The blue team may have lost the…

ROADMAP TO SURPRISES OF THE RUSTBELT

by Matthew Stevenson 01/23/2015 Back in New York, no one…

What’s so smart about unaffordable housing?

by KONRAD YAKABUSKI Of all the lofty attributes Canada’s world-class…

BICYCLES AND RACE IN PORTLAND

by Sean Benesh 01/22/2015 The flashpoint for the gentrification…

LOOKING BACK: THE IDEAL COMMUNIST CITY

by Alicia Kurimska Over time, suburbs have had many enemies,…

Cities Where African-Americans Do Best Economically

by Joel Kotkin 01/16/2015 The U.S. may have its first black…