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<title><![CDATA[Wendell Cox - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23681.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Wendell Cox]]></description><category domain="23681">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Small Towns, High Tech, Hope for Reindustrialization]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/09/11/revival_americans_heading_back_to_the_hinterlands_1134105.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the second of a two-part series on the Great Dispersion of Americans across the country. Read the first installment here.The famous New Yorker magazine cover showing much of civilization]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eroding Affordability Sends Americans Packing From Big Cities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/09/09/exodus_affordability_crisis_sends_americans_packing_from_big_cities_1133567.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For much of the past century, in both the United States and elsewhere, the inexorable trend has been for people to move from rural areas and towns to ever larger cities, particularly those with vibrant downtown cores such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, and dozens of other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Building the Future: Fixing the Housing Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/05/29/building_the_future_fixing_the_global_housing_crisis_1112442.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The affordable housing crisis in America and many other advanced countries keeps getting worse because it is largely dominated by the wrong voices talking about the wrong places.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Locked Out of the Dream: Regulation Makes Homes Unaffordable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/05/27/locked_out_of_the_dream_regulation_making_homes_unaffordable_around_the_world_1111741.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first in a two-part series on the global housing crisis.Next to inflation, Americans ranked housing as their top financial worry in a Gallup survey last May. It's only gotten worse. Ja]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Johnny Can't Build]]></title>
							<link>https://americanmind.org/salvo/why-johnny-cant-build/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American prosperity demands that we build for our future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Consequences of Plummeting Fertility Rates]]></title>
							<link>https://quillette.com/2022/08/20/the-unexpected-future/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are entering an unanticipated reality'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'an era of slow population growth and, increasingly, demographic decline that will shape our future in profound and unpredictable ways. Globally, last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s total'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' population growth'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was the smallest in a half-century, and by 2050,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Imaginary America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2021/06/14/joe-bidens-imaginary-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His policies seem designed for coastal enclaves that do not represent most of the country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can We Save the Planet, Live Comfortably &amp; Have Kids Too?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2021/01/19/can_we_save_the_planet_live_comfortably_and_have_children_too_656954.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Zillow'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' calls '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the great re-shuffling,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as more people head out of major metropolitan areas to work, often remotely, in less dense, even rural areas. The recent surges in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' urban crime'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and disorder, in once-placid'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' London'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Red States Gaining an Economic &amp; Demographic Edge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/red-states-economic-demographic-advantage</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Seismic shifts in economic and demographic power are occurring across America.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ten Years After Lehman Collapsed, We're Still Screwed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/ten-years-after-lehman-collapsed-were-still-screwed?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Want to know why Trump won, and the smart city folk couldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t see it coming? Look at a lost decade when the economy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'recovered'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' but Americans fell further and further behind.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Generation Plans an Exodus From California]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ocregister.com/2018/09/08/a-generation-plans-an-exodus-from-california/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is it time to pack up and head East? Some small companies in Southern California are moving logistics operations to Texas and other neighboring states to reduce overhead.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fight for Our Future Belongs to the 'Burbs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fight-for-our-future-belongs-to-the-burbs?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Democratic voters leave high-priced, deep-blue cities for houses with garages, the question is if the new arrivals will change the suburbs or if the suburbs will change them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Census Numbers Tell Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/html/what-census-numbers-tell-us-15799.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Population growth in New York, L.A., and other big coastal centers lags that of more affordable midsize metros, where Americans are moving.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Landless Americans Are the New Serf Class]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/landless-americans-are-the-new-serf-class-10?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Playgrounds for Elites: Our Increasingly Left-Wing Cities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/html/playgrounds-elites-15494.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The revival of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s core cities is one of the most celebrated narratives of our time'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'yet, perhaps paradoxically, urban progress has also created a growing problem of increasing inequality and middle-class flight. Once exemplars of middle-class advancement, most major...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Spotlight on Infrastructure After Harvey]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/06/investing_in_infrastructure_after_harvey_134917.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The recent tragic events in Houston and across the Gulf Coast once again demonstrated the woeful inadequacy of our infrastructure. Hopefully, some good will come of Hurricane Harvey. Hopefully, it will jump-start the long-awaited Trump initiative on infrastructure, which may be the one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California's Coming Youth Deficit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/13/californias-coming-youth-deficit/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Images of California, particularly the southern coast, are embedded with those associated with youthfulness '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? surfers, actors, models, glamorous entrepreneurs. Yet, in reality, the state '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? and the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California Squashes Its Young]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/html/california-squashes-its-young-15167.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In this era of anti-Trump resistance, many progressives see California as a model of enlightenment. The Golden State'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s post-2010 recovery has won plaudits in the progressive press from the New York Times'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Paul Krugman, among others. Yet if one looks at the effects of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Politics of Migration: From Blue to Red]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/04/24/the_politics_of_migration_from_blue_to_red__133681.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'blue'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' state attitudes may dominate the national media, but they can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t yet tell people where to live. Despite all the hype about a massive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'back to the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' movement and the supposed superiority of ultra-expensive liberal regions, people are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future of Racial Politics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/09/republicans_and_the_future_of_racial_politics_132523.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From its inception, the American experiment has been dogged by racial issues. Sadly, this was even truer this year. Eight years after electing the first African-American president, not only are race relations getting worse, according to surveys, but the electorate remains as ethnically...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Urbanism, Texas-Style: It's About Economic Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.city-journal.org/html/urbanism-texas-style-14728.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ities, noted Ren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';' Descartes, should provide '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'an inventory of the possible,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' a transformative experience'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and a better life'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'for those who migrate to them. This was certainly true of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, about which the French philosopher was speaking. And...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama &amp; the Anti-Suburban Agenda]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newgeography.com/content/003044-regionalism-spreading-fiscal-irresponsibility</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stanley Kurtz's new book, Spreading the Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities describes political forces closely tied to President Obama who have pursued an agenda to destroy the suburbs for many years. He expresses concern that a second Obama term will be marked...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Long Stall: California's Malaise]]></title>
							<link>http://city-journal.org/2011/21_4_california-jobs.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wendell Cox</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows that California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s economy has struggled mightily since the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. The state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s current unemployment rate, 12.1 percent, is a full 3 percentage points above the national rate. Liberal pundits and politicians tend to blame...]]></description>
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