Author: Joel Kotkin

Some states, such as New York and California, are loudly proclaiming that they have returned from the fiscal abyss. Maybe for now, but the future

Our tepid economic recovery has been profoundly undemocratic in nature. Between the “too big to fail” banks and Ben Bernanke’s policy of dropping free money

One of Orange County’s top executives asked me over lunch recently why Southern California has not seen anything like the kind of tech boom now

When Steve Jobs died in October 2011, crowds of mourners gathered outside of Apple stores, leaving impromptu memorials to the fallen businessman. Many in Occupy

The recent announcement that Jerry Brown is studying “fracking” in California, suggests that our governor may be waking up to the long-term reality facing our

Conservatives often fret that Barack Obama is leading the nation toward socialism. In my mind, that’s an insult to socialism, which, in theory, at least,

Southern California, just a few decades ago the fastest-growing region in the high-income world, is hitting a demographic tipping point. With a decade or more

“Memento Mori” – “Remember your mortality” – was whispered into the ears of Roman generals as they celebrated their great military triumphs. Someone should be