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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Advocacy Groups

The New Class Warfare City Journal, Spring 2012

Affirmative Action

Riordan's Retreat City Journal, Autumn 1996

Business and Economy

Why L.A. Is Bouncing Back City Journal, Summer 1996

The Golden State’s War on Itself City Journal, Summer 2010

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo Wall Street Journal, 07-29-11

Wanted: Blue-Collar Workers City Journal, Autumn 2011

The State of the Anglosphere City Journal, Winter 2012

The New Class Warfare City Journal, Spring 2012

Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? The Daily Beast, 07-16-12

The Third Coast City Journal, Autumn 2012

The Gulf Coast is America's New Economic Powerhouse Dallas Morning News, 12-17-12

California

The Golden State’s War on Itself City Journal, Summer 2010

Fred Siegel interviews Joel Kotkin on the state of California Podcast: Interview, August 12, 2010

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo Wall Street Journal, 07-29-11

The New Class Warfare City Journal, Spring 2012

Is Perestroika Coming In California? Forbes.com, 06-12-12

Let L.A. Be L.A. City Journal, Summer 2012

Joel Kotkin discusses his City Journal article, "Let L.A. Be L.A." Podcast: Interview, July 29, 2012

Culture and Society

Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? The Daily Beast, 07-16-12

Economic Development

Boomtown City Journal, Spring 1997

San Diego: A City for the New Millennium City Journal, Winter 1997

They’re Outta Here City Journal, Autumn 1996

Why L.A. Is Bouncing Back City Journal, Summer 1996

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

Small Cities Are Becoming New Engine Of Economic Growth Forbes.com, 05-08-12

Let L.A. Be L.A. City Journal, Summer 2012

America's Growth Corridors: The Key to National Revival Civic Report, February 2013

The Real Winners Of The Global Economy: The Material Boys Forbes.com, 03-06-13

Education

The Real Winners Of The Global Economy: The Material Boys Forbes.com, 03-06-13

Energy

The Real Winners Of The Global Economy: The Material Boys Forbes.com, 03-06-13

Environment

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

The New Class Warfare City Journal, Spring 2012

Ethnicity

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

Foreign Affairs

The State of the Anglosphere City Journal, Winter 2012

Higher Education

Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? The Daily Beast, 07-16-12

Housing and Redevelopment

Let L.A. Be L.A. City Journal, Summer 2012

New York City

Silicon Island? City Journal, Summer 1996

New York State

They’re Outta Here City Journal, Autumn 1996

NYC Economy

Silicon Island? City Journal, Summer 1996

Other Cities

Boomtown City Journal, Spring 1997

Riordan's Retreat City Journal, Autumn 1996

San Diego: A City for the New Millennium City Journal, Winter 1997

Why L.A. Is Bouncing Back City Journal, Summer 1996

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo Wall Street Journal, 07-29-11

Small Cities Are Becoming New Engine Of Economic Growth Forbes.com, 05-08-12

It’s Mormon in America City Journal, Autumn 2012

The Third Coast City Journal, Autumn 2012

Politics

The Real Winners Of The Global Economy: The Material Boys Forbes.com, 03-06-13

Public Pension Funds

Is Perestroika Coming In California? Forbes.com, 06-12-12

Quality of Life

Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? The Daily Beast, 07-16-12

Race

Riordan's Retreat City Journal, Autumn 1996

Race and Ethnicity

Riordan's Retreat City Journal, Autumn 1996

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

Regulation

San Diego: A City for the New Millennium City Journal, Winter 1997

They’re Outta Here City Journal, Autumn 1996

Why L.A. Is Bouncing Back City Journal, Summer 1996

L.A.’s Engine of Growth City Journal, Winter 1993

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

Religion

It’s Mormon in America City Journal, Autumn 2012

Taxes and Budget

They’re Outta Here City Journal, Autumn 1996

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

Tech and Environment

Silicon Island? City Journal, Summer 1996

Urban Eagles City Journal, Winter 1996

Technology

Silicon Island? City Journal, Summer 1996

Unions

Lost Angeles City Journal, Summer 2011

Is Perestroika Coming In California? Forbes.com, 06-12-12

Urban Issues

L.A.’s Engine of Growth City Journal, Winter 1993

How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo Wall Street Journal, 07-29-11

The Real Winners Of The Global Economy: The Material Boys Forbes.com, 03-06-13