Author: Joel Kotkin

One supposed trend, much celebrated in the media, is that younger people are moving back to the city, and plan to stay there for the

The imminent departure of New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and his replacement by leftist Bill DeBlasio, represents an urban uprising against the Bloombergian  “luxury city”

Its image further enhanced by the recent IPO of Twitter, Silicon Valley now stands in many minds as the cutting edge of the American future.

When I arrived in Los Angeles almost 40 years ago, there was a palpable sense that here, for better or worse, lay the future of

Obamacare’s first set of victims was predictable: the self-employed and owners of small businesses. Since the bungled launch of the health insurance enrollment system, hundreds

The public stock offering by Twitter reflects not only the current bubble in social media stocks, but also the continuing shift in both economic and

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Historically, progressives were seen as partisans for the people, eager to help the working and middle classes achieve upward mobility even at expense of the

Southern California has always been an invented place. Without a major river, a natural port or even remotely adequate water, the region has always thrived