Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, California and Executive Director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute. He is the author of 'The Human City', 'The New Class Conflict' and, most recently, 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism'. He tweets at @joelkotkin
Neofeudalism and its new legitimisers
Today’s oligarchs depend on a modern, overwhelmingly liberal clerisy for legitimacy
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Where are Britain’s moral voices?
On decriminalising abortion up to birth, the Archbishop of Canterbury must talk the talk, not walk the walk
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
