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For the time being, battles over health care and energy seem likely to occupy the attention of both the Obama administration and its critics. Yet although now barely on the radar, there may be another, equally critical conflict developing over how Americans live and travel.

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Joel on Politico

“What you need to do is evolve into a different kind of suburb,” said Joel Kotkin, a renowned expert on economic trends, during the Red Cross’ 10th annual High Desert Leaders Economic Summit at Victor Valley College.

Joel in the Victorville Daily Press

"Nothing is perhaps more pathetic than the exertions of economic developers and politicians grasping at straws, particularly during hard times. Over the past decade, we have turned from one panacea to another, from the onset of the information age to the creative class to the boom in biotech, nanotech and now the "green economy."

Joel in Forbes

"Those who argue that the culture wars are over almost invariably conclude, as political scholar Joel Kotkin recently wrote in Forbes, that the battle has ended “mostly in a rout of the right-wing zealots who waged it.”

Joel on Politico

"“What happened to Victorville and Apple Valley and those places as a whole is something we have to look at as a way to re-invent themselves and basically look at how you re-align your economy,” said Joel Kotkin, an international authority on economic, global, political and social trends."

Joel on VV Daily Press

"My interview with the CEO and Chief Economist of STP Advisory Services includes her libertarian perspectives on the virtuous circle, the risks in the Fed's exit strategy, key consequences of financial innovation, and the next global financial crisis: public debt. Dr. Trimbath is also the author of 'Beyond Junk Bonds: Expanding High Yield Markets'."

Susanne on Beyond the Soundbite

"In another Forbes story entitled World Capitals of the Future, Joel Kotkin writes 'North America boasts at least three genuine emerging world-class cities: Calgary, Houston and Dallas… Houston and Dallas grew more than any other metropolitan region in the country; over the past decade, their populations have increased six times more rapidly than New York, Los Angeles, Chicago or San Francisco.'”

Joel on Dallas Chamber Blog

"Joel Kotkin, a weekly columnist for Forbes, wrotein theAugust 4thissue about why 'Green Jobs Can’t Save the Economy.' He reported, 'Attempts to put windmills in Nantucket, Mass., the Catskills and Jones Beach in New York and other scenic areas have also been blocked by environmentalist groups. Transmission lines, necessary to take ‘renewable’ energy from distant locales to energy-hungry cities, often face similar hurdles. Solar farms in the Mojave desert might help meet renewable energy quotas but, as wildlife groups have noted, may not be so good for local fauna.'"  read more »

"If you believe this theory, then Labor Day should be a cause for national mourning. We should all pause to mourn the loss of capital that might have gone to a fifth or a sixth mansion or a private jet, but instead was conscripted against its will to pay for a public school or higher wages in a factory."

Michael Lind on Later On

"Joel Kotkin discusses the role of these emerging global cities, and why the will be so important to the future of the world."

Joel Kotkin on Planetizen