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Wendell Cox is the principal of the consultancy Demographic and a senior fellow at the Center for Opportunity Urbanism.

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opinion

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

OLD AND OVER THE HILL

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, Wendell Cox | Published Dec 31, 2021
opinion

Trust the Science: The Blue State Surge Is Real

‘EXPOSURE DENSITY’

The pandemic put a harsh spotlight on urban inequality and its health consequences, which turned out to be far more impactful than the policies Democratic governors boasted about.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Apr 04, 2021
opinion

America’s Future Depends on the Bedroom, Not the Border

TIME BOMB

As demographics shift across the globe, there are more grandparents than grandchildren for the first time in recorded history.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Apr 19, 2019
opinion

Ten Years After Lehman Collapsed, We’re Still Screwed

THE TRUE SECRET OF TRUMPISM

Want to know why Trump won, and the smart city folk couldn’t see it coming? Look at a lost decade when the economy “recovered” but Americans fell further and further behind.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Sep 14, 2018

The Fight for Our Future Belongs to the ’Burbs

Geography vs. Demography

As Democratic voters leave high-priced, deep-blue cities for houses with garages, the question is if the new arrivals will change the suburbs or if the suburbs will change them.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Jun 01, 2018

Landless Americans Are the New Serf Class

‘The Universal Aspiration’

While home ownership remains the dream of most Americans, fewer and fewer people here can afford to own one.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Mar 31, 2018
opinion

The Great Mass Transit Hoax

The Big Idea

Despite spending $15 billion on seven new metro and light-rail lines and two exclusive busways, more Los Angeles-area residents work at home than take transit.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Aug 11, 2017

The Next Housing Bust

TROUBLE COMING

For years, we’ve heard about the “return to the city.” It was never as true as the hype, but now it’s about to collapse entirely.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Jun 05, 2016

China’s Planned City Bubble Set to Pop

Wrong Track

U.S. housing planners have long ignored the public’s desire for affordable single-family housing. Now the same thing is happening on a global scale, in China, Australia, and elsewhere.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Sep 24, 2015

Where to Make It in America

Hotspots

Aspirational cities—places where people go to change their luck or improve their lives—are always changing, and yesterday’s backwater is suddenly today’s hotspot. Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox call the roll of the current crop.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox | Published Jul 30, 2013