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Report: Building the New America
How do we build a new urban model for America — one that is better aligned with the aspirations of most Americans? This newly released report examines the housing trends that are driving today's migration of people and jobs.
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California Dreamin’ or California Nightmare?
The recent report on “California Social Priorities” --- released…
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Golden Opportunity Lost — Is Texas Doomed to Repeat California’s Mistakes?
By Dr. David Friedman
Center for Opportunity Urbanism
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Kotkin & Cox: Rise of the nation-states
BY JOEL KOTKIN and WENDELL COX...
In this highly polarized…
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THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF EDUCATION, INCOME GROWTH AND POVERTY IN AMERICA
By Joel Kotkin — We often rate metropolitan areas for their performance over one year, five or at most 10, but...
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California’s SOCIAL PRIORITIES
AUTHORS:
David Friedman and Jennifer Hernandez are attorneys…
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MISUNDERSTANDING THE MILLENNIALS
by Joel Kotkin 03/01/2015
The millennial generation has…
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THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF EDUCATION, INCOME GROWTH AND POVERTY IN AMERICA
by Joel Kotkin 03/04/2015...
In this column, we often…
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The three faces of populism
BY JOEL KOTKIN
More than at any other time in recent memory,…
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EUROPE IS STILL A SECOND-RATE POWER
by Joel Kotkin 02/21/2015
In the years after the Cold War,…
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AMERICA NEEDS THE TEXAS ECONOMY TO KEEP ON ROLLING
by Joel Kotkin 02/12/2015
In the last decade, Texas emerged…