Joel Kotkin talks with Robert Bryce on 'The Power Hungry Podcast'

Robert Bryce — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:36:26 -0400

In his second appearance on the Power Hungry Podcast, Kotkin discusses his recent article for Quillette, “The New Great Game,” how China and Russia are allying against the West, why America needs “a new nationalism” to counter this alliance, how California’s administrative state is crushing the poor and the middle class, Michael Shellenberger’s gubernatorial bid, energy, housing, and why despite his many concerns, he remains bullish on the future of the United States.

Joel Kotkin is a demographer, journalist, author, and executive editor of NewGeography.com.

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Housing Affordability in the Major Russian Metropolitan Areas, 3rd Quarter 2020

Tatiana Polidi — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:02:53 -0400

The Institute for Urban Economics presents the research on Housing Affordability in the major Russian metro area (as of the 3rd quarter 2020).

Despite economic distress and incomes drop housing prices displayed a strong positive trend in 16 out of 17 major metro markets in Russia.

Actually in the pandemic crisis housing markets are getting more influenced by the overall financial situation as well as by fundamental economic factors.

The price growth was encouraged among other reasons by the state program on the provision of subsidies for the mortgage interest rates accompanied by decline of savings yields.

Read/download the report here