
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.

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
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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…