Slouching towards Gavin
Newsom likes to present himself as a member of the hustling classes and yet, in truth, he has destroyed them
Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin is the author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class
Tuesday
Tuesday
Why we need to talk about black anti-Semitism
There is now a growing rift between these two historically persecuted groups
Wednesday
What’s the matter with Los Angeles?
How ‘the better city’ has gone from bad to worse
Tuesday
Why cities have lost their appeal
Rather than signaling decay, the growth of suburban and exurban communities represents the cutting edge of 21st-century urbanism
Thursday
The climate has changed on climate change
Trump is likely to be blamed for the implosion of the green agenda, but its collapse long pre-dates his re-ascension
Thursday
The battle of the oligarchs
The billionaires have chosen their sides. What does that mean for the rest of us?
Monday
The West faces a new type of housing crisis
Will new generations ever be able to afford a home?
Monday
The Californication of the Democratic Party
Does the rest of America want to be like the Golden State?
Wednesday
The gloomy future facing trade unions
Why has it been so hard to get unionizing efforts off the ground?
Saturday
The new corporatism that’s killing capitalism
Big business is getting bigger. That’s bad news for all of us
Wednesday
How America’s ‘big sort’ will upend politics
The country is on the move — giving Republicans a historic opportunity
Monday
The revenge of the analog economy
Digital fantasies have collided with analog reality
Monday
How the boomers robbed the young of all hope
Younger generations inherit a world in which the middle ranks are struggling almost everywhere
