Author: Kaitlin Hopkins

If predictions are correct and the U.S. population explodes over the next few decades, the country may undergo some major changes. Joel Kotkin, Distinguished Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University, talks about his new book, The Next Hundred Million: America In 2050, and his vision of the growing country’s future.

Joel on WNYC

“As the fed funds rate falls, the mortgage rate does not come down to meet it,” says Susanne Trimbath, chief executive of research firm STP Advisory Services and a former document editor for the San Francisco Federal Reserve. “If people look at where it says how your rate is calculated for mortgages, home equity loans and even credit cards, not many of them are tied to the fed funds rate.”

Susanne on The Street

People have been saying that America was in decline ever since – even before – we became an independent nation. I got a different viewpoint at a discussion on American demographics and the book ”The Next 100 Million: America in 2050” with author Joel Kotkin followed by panel of experts chaired by Michael Barone.

Joel on WatchBlog

As part my introduction to the NDN world, and in anticipation of our Friday event, Simon tasked me with reading Joel Kotkin’s The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050. You can imagine my excitement. I mean, what’s sexier than demography? And yet Kotkin has a knack for making complex and data-heavy concepts accessible and – don’t mock me – exciting.

Joel on NDN

By 2050, the U.S. will add a staggering 100 million people. Yet daunting as that seems, futurist Joel Kotkin lays out a sunny vision of a newly dynamic American economy and culture. For one thing, consider the alternative: Kotkin says other industrialized nations will struggle with stagnant, even shrinking populations. So, how will America accommodate so many more people? Think Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas; and if that thought depresses you, Kotkin says, think again.

Joel on WBUR

Joel Kotkin, distinguished presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University, has spent a lot of time thinking about exactly what those changes might look like in 2050. He previously wrote a book about the history of American cities, but in his new book, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, he looks ahead to how recent economic and demographic trends may play out over the next few decades. Here are a few of the book’s most striking predictions.

Joel in US News & World Report

“Suburbanites may not yet be conscious of the anti-suburban stance of the Obama team,” writes Joel Kotkin, editor of New Geography, “but perhaps they can read the body language.”

Joel in the NY Times

“You have to create jobs for this growing population or else you’re headed for catastrophe,” said Joel Kotkin, an internationally recognized researcher on economic, political and social trends. “I hope Sacramento understands this.”

Joel in The San Bernardino Sun

The book, released next week, explores how the nation will evolve in the next four decades. Last week, Dr. Kotkin published an essay in Forbes Magazine about what he called “America’s Agricultural Angst.” Among other things, the professor explained that current political efforts will have a profoundly negative impact on farming, particularly “stricter rules on the use of pesticides, prohibitions on the caging of chickens and a growing movement to ban the use of genetic engineering in crops.” These policies, and others like them, “could undermine a sector that has performed well over the past decade and has excellent long-term prospects,” he said.

Joel on The Times Gazette

In a book due out next month, the international futurist says China isn’t likely to overtake the United States as the world’s economic superpower in coming decades, countering predictions of some forecasters who believe the Chinese economy will be the global leader by 2020.

Joel on The Washington Post