Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute. His most recent book is The Coming of Neo-Feudalism (Encounter).

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UNWELL

One Simple Trick for Making Post-Pandemic Cities Great Again

Many office workers simply aren’t coming back. That means tough times ahead for big cities, but also a chance for renewal and revival.

Joel Kotkin

BOOM BOOM

The Kids Are Not Alright and the Center Is No Longer Holding

The French election gives a hint of where things are headed in America—and it isn’t pretty what happens when you let a generation go by with little hope of living as the last one.

Joel Kotkin

UNREAL ESTATE

The Metaverse Isn’t Real but It’s Already Really Lucrative

And it’s going to be real, and vast, much sooner that you might think.

Joel Kotkin

OLD AND OVER THE HILL

Here’s Why California’s Losing Population for the First Time

Fewer people are arriving, the people who are there are having fewer kids, and more people are dying. Add it up, and it’s big trouble for the biggest state.

Joel Kotkin