Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin is an internationally recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends. His latest book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class is now available in paperback. He authored THE HUMAN CITY: Urbanism for the Rest of Us in 2016 and co-edited, with MIT’s Alan Berger, the 2018 collection Infinite Suburbia. Mr. Kotkin is the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Executive Director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute. He is Executive Editor of the widely read website NewGeography.com; and has a regular column in Spiked in the UK, the National Post in Canada and the American Mind. Kotkin is the author of ten previously published books, including the widely praised The New Class Conflict, which describes the changing dynamics of class in America. He has also published numerous reports on topics ranging from the future of class in global cities to the places with the best opportunities for minorities. Kotkin is a regular speaker at events throughout the globe ranging from small groups of CEOs to large international conferences.
