
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.

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...

URBAN CORE MILLENNIALS? A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
by Wendell Cox 03/06/2015
Yes, millennials are moving…

Misunderstanding the millennials
BY JOEL KOTKIN
The millennial generation has had much…

The three faces of populism
BY JOEL KOTKIN
More than at any other time in recent memory,…

10 MOST AFFLUENT CITIES IN THE WORLD: MACAU AND HARTFORD TOP THE LIST
by Wendell Cox 02/21/2015
The United States and Europe…

EUROPE IS STILL A SECOND-RATE POWER
by Joel Kotkin 02/21/2015
In the years after the Cold War,…

TEXAS… DOOMED TO REPEAT CALIFORNIA’S MISTAKES?
TEXAS…DOOMED TO REPEAT CALIFORNIA’S MISTAKES?
Please join…

IS JAKARTA THE WORLD’S MOST CONGESTED CITY?
by Wendell Cox 02/13/2015
The world's second-largest city,…

AMERICA NEEDS THE TEXAS ECONOMY TO KEEP ON ROLLING
by Joel Kotkin 02/12/2015
In the last decade, Texas emerged…

GO EAST, YOUNG SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WORKERS
by Joel Kotkin 02/09/2015
Do the middle class and working…