joel kotkin

Event: The Future of Cities, New York City

New Geography — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:09:07 -0400

Humanity’s future is an urban future, yet that future is in jeopardy as many cities suffer from bad decisions and policies. Please join us as this panel discusses their recent release, The Future of Cities, and how urban areas can move forward in a reimagined vision of our urban future. Please stay afterward for a reception with the panelists.

Date: May 24, 6:00–9:00PM
Location: The Harmonie Club, NYC

RSVP: Please RSVP to AEI Development Events at Michael.Pugh@aei.org

For more information, please download the event flyer here. (pdf opens in new tab or window) or visit AEI to register.

Joel Kotkin talks with Robert Bryce on 'The Power Hungry Podcast'

Robert Bryce — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:36:26 -0400

In his second appearance on the Power Hungry Podcast, Kotkin discusses his recent article for Quillette, “The New Great Game,” how China and Russia are allying against the West, why America needs “a new nationalism” to counter this alliance, how California’s administrative state is crushing the poor and the middle class, Michael Shellenberger’s gubernatorial bid, energy, housing, and why despite his many concerns, he remains bullish on the future of the United States.

Joel Kotkin is a demographer, journalist, author, and executive editor of NewGeography.com.

Listen to this episode on The Power Hungry Podcast

Why Did Larry Elder Call Me for Advice?

Joel Kotkin — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:38:18 -0400

The emergence of 69-year-old talk show host Larry Elder as the leading candidate to depose California’s Gavin Newsom is both odd and significant. Elder is no one’s idea of a politician, and when he called me for advice at the start of his run, I was perplexed. I thought Larry had it all — the nest egg, nice house, successful career.

Newsom, who I once described as Governor Preen, and his operatives in and out of the media, have already started attacking Elder. Under the talk show host, they claim, abortion rights will be restricted and the state’s crusade against climate change and social justice will be hampered. The irony is in the fact that Elder will be attacked as candidate of the rich and greedy in ads paid for by oligarchs who epitomise this very greed on a massive scale.

Read the rest of this piece at UnHerd.

The Feudal Future Podcast — (Launching: Sunday May 31st)

Charlie Stephens — Sun, 24 May 2020 15:04:51 -0400

With the new class structure resembling that of the Medieval times, freedom of choice around how to live and work is quickly disappearing for small business people, property owners, skilled workers and private sector professionals.

CHECK OUT THE TRAILER for the upcoming new podcast presented by Chapman University, where world renown author Joel Kotkin and tech entrepreneur Marshall Toplansky are exploring what it takes to liberate the global middle class -- sitting down with business, government and citizen leaders to uncover the trends and share insights and tools to forge a better future.

Subscribe to the show on Apple & Stitcher (Spotify coming soon), and on YouTube for show video clips and highlights. Show notes will be available at joelkotkin.com/feudal-future-podcast.

To read more about these ideas, please pick up a copy of Joel Kotkin’s new book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class.

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This show is supported by the Chapman Center for Demographics & Policy, which focuses on research and analysis of global, national and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time.

Chapman Center for Demographics & Policy: www.chapman.edu/communication/demographics-policy/index.aspx