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Joel Kotkin

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Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Co - Host at Feudal Future

Author: The Coming of Neo-Feudalism. Urban Futures Fellow @ChapmanU. Executive Director @Urbanreforminst.

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  • The high cost of California's green energy policies

    4 days ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Joel Kotkin

  • Commentary: The high cost of California’s green energy policies

    4 days ago | sacbee.com | Joel Kotkin

    Since the early 2000s, governors and legislators from both parties have signed onto a climate agenda in California that is making energy steadily unaffordable. Gasoline in California, according to AAA, which tracks national gas prices daily, costs an average of about $4.78, compared with $3.16 nationally. The cost of electricity in the state is , at 30.22 cents per kilowatt hour. You might want to blame the discrepancies on greed - Big Oil practicing price gouging, as Gov.

  • The Changing Politics of Oligarchy

    5 days ago | newgeography.com | Joel Kotkin

    by Joel Kotkin 05/09/2025 In American politics, the main beneficiaries of “dark money” have in recent years tended to be Democrats. Google representatives were reported to have visited the White House at least 427 times during Barack Obama’s two terms.

  • LA Times: ‘The high cost of California’s green energy policies’ - ‘Cost of electricity in state is now the highest in the continental U.S.’ - ‘High energy prices are a self-inflicted wound’ - Climate Depot

    6 days ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Joel Kotkin

    https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-05-07/california-gavin-newsom-renewablesBy Joel KotkinExcerpt: Since the early 2000s, governors and legislators from both parties have signed onto a climate agenda in California that is making energy steadily unaffordable. Gasoline in California, according to AAA, which tracks national gas prices daily, costs an average of about $4.78, compared with $3.16 nationally.

  • Feudal Future Podcast - Navigating U.S.-Mexico Relations in Turbulent Times

    1 week ago | newgeography.com | Joel Kotkin |Marshall Toplansky

    by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky 05/08/2025 The fault lines in US-Mexico relations have never been more visible. Our expert panel —featuring former CNN journalist Bruno Lopez and economist Alejandro Chaufen— brings decades of experience to unpacking one of North America's most crucial yet strained relationships.

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Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin @joelkotkin
17 Apr 25

Democrats have an opportunity to reassert themselves as the party of common sense. #tariffs #economy Read more @unherd: https://t.co/iKJKyNyJze

Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin @joelkotkin
15 Apr 25

The people of the Southwest are creating a new multiethnic society in the desert. #suburbanrenaissance #southwestfuture Read more @wsj: https://t.co/f7mFqdakVe

Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin @joelkotkin
14 Apr 25

As an owner of casinos, the US president seems determined to play ‘a high-stakes game of international poker’ with America’s trading partners and the financial markets. #manufacturing #tradepolicy Read more @spikedonline: https://t.co/h6A4cW0V8e