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  • Publisher: Telos Press Publishing (August 31, 2014)
  • Publication Date: August 31, 2014
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  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00N72V72I
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5.0 out of 5 starsI thoroughly enjoyed Joel Kotkin’s thesis on the increasing inequality and class ...
By Ted Saad on November 3, 2014
Format: Hardcover
I thoroughly enjoyed Joel Kotkin’s thesis on the increasing inequality and class divide that is permeating in many parts of America. This book takes on a more political/economic angle to Charles Murray’s brilliant sociological study in “Coming Apart.” While Kotkin advances the Occupy movement’s (as well as authors like Piketty) central concern, he is astute to the fact that they may be all pointing in the wrong direction when it comes to causation.

Ironically enough, many progressive cities (e.g. NYC, Bay Area, Boston, etc) are paying lip service for the disenfranchised, and yet are supporting policies that have hindered the new disenfranchised: the middle class. This new left includes the influential Clerisy that make up the media/academic/policy elites, as well as the tech Oligarchs that have gotten a free pass. While these are not the Wall Street bankers that often get lumped in as protest targets, they are perhaps more central to today’s power brokers in a world that is ever changing.

Kotkin is smart enough not to place blame on the conventional right/left divide, but spreads the pain on all sides – making the point we will not be able to put the cultural toothpaste back into the 1950’s tube that the right hopes for, and we will never help the middle class by promoting “green” policies that limit our economic choices and encourage the secular fashions of urbanism that the left idealizes.

In the end, Kotkin makes a thorough case for a trend that goes against the conventional wisdom in today’s political rhetoric. While acknowledging that we may have screwed a generation, there may be a way out in the middle-tier cities where inequality is lower and governmental arrangements are more dispersed.

This is worth reading, as it may give you a new filter on the problem of inequality!
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5.0 out of 5 starsA party of the super-rich and poor. Anyone interested in current events and our political ...
By Jon Nelson on September 30, 2014
Format: Hardcover
This book explains the new Democratic party. A party of the super-rich and poor. Anyone interested in current events and our political system should read the book. But, it's more than just a book about the Democratic coalition. Joel Kotkin explains the industries behind what is happening. The subject of how inequality is an important issue is covered in detail. This book will be relevant for many years to come.
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3.0 out of 5 starsNo more long term sustenance than the famous Chinese food that leaves you hungry an hour after eating.
By Interested customer on January 4, 2015
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How could I not like an author who said mostly things I already agreed with, plus a few new ideas that I also agreed with, and said them all so well that I happily kept on reading? Well, despite Kotkin's skills as a writer, and political views remarkably like my own, I wound up not really liking the book as much as I would have expected. His description of the problems of our democracy seemed right on, and I especially enjoyed his frequent reminders that the earnest liberals who are so concerned about the masses are dedicated to stopping growth--he only real avenue of progress for the disadvantaged. His frequent reminders of this unwitting hypocrisy were to me like red meat in the tiger's cage. But then, all of a sudden, the book grinds to a halt. Not a hint of what can or should be done about the problems he has limned so clearly. Surely he can't think that just mentioning what's wrong will magically cause it to all go away. Particularly when the problem is one of mind set--a view of the world which won't change easily, if at all.

So I look for the sequel that will explain how it all comes out OK/

So if you, like I, frequently despair of the architects of the future whose idea of a better world is one that denies opportunity to those no already rich, this book may be run to read. But it won't do you much good as a road map to a better world.
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5.0 out of 5 starsJoel Kotkin is a liberal that conservatives admire and respect
By Kenneth D. Willis on November 29, 2014
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Joel Kotkin is a Democrat and a self described liberal. That should be enough for me to dismiss him. Fortunately, I didn’t do that because it would have been a great loss to me if I had. The only thing surprising is that he’s still a liberal but I think he’s trying to change things from within the enemy camp. He’s such an astute observer and analyst of the Left it's hard to imagine him as one of them, but actually I think it just that he lives in California and was a Democrat before it became a criminal gang. Anyway, he’s not one of the gangsters nor is he a fellow traveler. This book as well as anything Joel Kotkin writes is a must read for anyone concerned about the path America seems to be on right now. A deeper understanding of the world today can be gained by reading this book.

I hope liberals appreciate Joel Kotkin and don’t dismiss him just because conservatives admire him. After you expand your insight with Kotkin’s book you’ll want to immediately go to Fred Siegel’s Revolt of the Masses: How Liberalism Has Undermined the Middle Class. Siegel and Kotkin teamed up at City Journal a few years back and produced valuable insights on what’s wrong with California.

I always was glad for Nat Hentoff because then I knew there was at least one liberal that I could admire and respect. Now there are two, and that’s a good thing for me.
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3.0 out of 5 starsGood Diagnosis, doctor. Now what?
By (E) None Of The Above on December 22, 2014
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There's not all that much truly original here, but the book is worth reading because it brings together a lot of observations and speculations that others have made (e.g. Charles Murray). His "big idea" is naming the (largely Democrat) elites that heavily populate the media, academy, high tech, and policy wonks "The Clerisy". It's actually a nice handle, and he amply demonstrates how The Clerisy have positioned themselves to be the judges and rulers of what much of the rest of the population labeled "Yeomen" should do -- and would do if they were anywhere near as brilliant as The Clerisy. They should all live in big cities under intrusive government regulation, restrain consumption and production in the name of sustainability. Even though that's not what they want to do, presumably they will bow in awe to the superior wisdom of The Clerisy.

After painting this picture for three-quarters of the book, he seems suddenly reminded that none of this can really happen without the economic growth that The Clerisy is determined to restrain. It reminds me a little of the old Steve Martin bit: You, too, can be hugely wealthy and pay no taxes. It's easy. First, get a million dollars . . . . In fact he cites Arthur Lewis' truism that economic growth not only increases wealth, but increases the range of human choice, without which people are less likely to take risks and innovate. A world without freedom, choice and innovation is not really all that likely to survive.

The other bothersome thing is that the author does not seem to recognize (or at least doesn't much acknowledge) that throughout history people have made incredibly wrong predictions about the future by straight-line extrapolation of current trends.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

A MUST read book for anyone who cares about the future of the Country!

Published 10 months ago by John T. Smith
4.0 out of 5 starsAt least you have a better idea of what you are dealing with

Significant food for thought. Makes you wonder how we will
ever limit government power! At least you have a better idea
of what you are dealing with.

Published 10 months ago by jerry harmon
5.0 out of 5 starsThe doomed middle class

Mr. Kotkin often writes Oped pieces in the O.C. Register, but never are they as in depth as this book. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Blitzer
5.0 out of 5 starsA must read for open minded people

I rate this excellent book as a "Must Read" for open-minded, intelligent people. (Not so much for polemists of the right and left who haven't entertained a thought beyond... Read more

Published 12 months ago by Robert A. Hall
3.0 out of 5 starsIs the author attempting to be neutral or a pundit?

I was looking forward to a good academic work on the socio-cultural trends that are in progress and where they may be headed but mind you that this is no neutral study, hardly a... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Cadmium
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Joel keeps me informed,

Published 14 months ago by James H. Clark
4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent analysis. We live in a changing world

Excellent analysis. We live in a changing world. This author offers an important fresh perspective on the group think and group interests that dominate our culture. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Ernest G. Ovitz
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Valuable book for understanding the new landscape of power within America.

Published 16 months ago by Kevin Hammer
5.0 out of 5 starsBuy it

Saw this guy on a talk show and he really hit it. Book says it all about the conflicts inherent in capitalism and the average man.

Published 17 months ago by Baby Blue
3.0 out of 5 starsHe is justified in calling out the Great Hypocricy of the left and...

Kotkin clearly exemplifies the new reality of America's class disparities.He is justified in calling out the Great Hypocricy of the left and right leaning factions that have taken... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Tom McCallin

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