Joel Kotkin is a City Journal contributing editor. Described by The New York Times as America's "uber-geographer," for over three decades Kotkin has been one of the nation's most prolific and widely-published journalists. He currently writes the weekly "New Geographer" column for Forbes.com. He is also a distinguished presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University in Orange, California, a senior visiting fellow at the Civil Service College in Singapore, and a fellow at the National Chamber Foundation. A highly respected speaker and futurist, he consults for many leading economic development organizations, private companies, regions, and cities. He also serves as executive editor of the website www.newgeography.com.

Kotkin's books include The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050 (The Penguin Press) and The City: A Global History (Random House/Modern Library). He lectures widely in the United States and worldwide, and is sought-after as a speaker by major business and financial organizations. In 2010 he won the Gene Burd Award for best urban reporting. He is currently serving as a guest lecturer at Singapore's Civil Service College. Kotkin attended the University of California, Berkeley. A native New Yorker, he has lived in California since 1971. He lives in the Valley Village area of Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.

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Articles/Op-eds

• The Gulf Coast is America's New Economic Powerhouse, The Dallas Morning News, 12-17-12
• The Gulf Coast is America's New Economic Powerhouse, Dallas Morning News, 12-17-12
• Are Millennials the Screwed Generation?, The Daily Beast, 07-16-12
• Is Perestroika Coming In California?, Forbes.com, 06-12-12
• Small Cities Are Becoming New Engine Of Economic Growth, Forbes.com, 05-08-12
• How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo, Wall Street Journal, 07-29-11
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Books

• The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, The Penguin Press, February 2010
• The City: A Global History, Modern Library, October 2006
• The New Geography, Random House, October 2001
• Tribes, Random House, April 1994

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• The New Class Warfare, Spring 2012
• The State of the Anglosphere, Winter 2012
• The New Authoritarianism, 6 January 2012
• Wanted: Blue-Collar Workers, Autumn 2011
• Lost Angeles, Summer 2011
• Cities and the Census, 6 April 2011
• The Golden State’s War on Itself, Summer 2010
• Boomtown, Spring 1997
• San Diego: A City for the New Millennium, Winter 1997
• Riordan's Retreat, Autumn 1996
• They’re Outta Here, Autumn 1996
• Why L.A. Is Bouncing Back, Summer 1996
• Silicon Island?, Summer 1996
• Urban Eagles, Winter 1996
• Advice for the New Mayor Winter 1994
• L.A.’s Engine of Growth Winter 1993
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