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Joel's new book, THE NEXT HUNDRED MILLION: America in 2050 is now available at booksellers everywhere.
Joel joined Dean Kallenbach on The Joy Cardin Show on Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss demographic trends in America. What demographic groups are growing or projected to grow, and why does it matter?
Follow the link below to download the show.
Joel recently appeared on The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss the perception of Toronto by outsiders after the recent turmoil in the city. Watch the video below:
But as Joel Kotkin has pointed out in an excellent study, the prairie has seen an economic recovery over the past decade. Oklahoma has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.
"At some point, the Intermountain West could well become a true rival of Silicon Valley, as more trained workers and entrepreneurs flock to the area," writes Joel Kotkin, author of the Manhattan Institute study "America's Growth Corridors: The Key to National Revival."
Futurist author Joel Kotkin, a Chapman University social scholar and longtime San Fernando Valley resident, said millennials aiming to raise families echo that sentiment.
The recent and much-ballyhooed gentrification of downtown Los Angeles has increased its population from 35,000 to 50,000, largely as a result of young adults moving in, Kotkin said.
Watch the full sized video at Reason.com.
Watch Joel in this feature on the role of central planning in Los Angeles. View large version.
"Greenurbia is the suburbs of the future. The suburbs of the 1950s were bedroom communities for people who commuted into the city. Today, there’s much more employment in the suburbs, and the big change is the number of people working full-time or part-time at home. Having people commute from one computer screen to another doesn’t make sense."
Kotkin has a striking ability to envision how global forces will shape daily family life, and his conclusions can be thought-provoking as well as counterintuitive. It's amazing there isn't more public discussion about the enormous changes ahead, and reassuring to have this talented thinker on the case. — Jennifer Ludden, NPR national desk correspondent
