Executive Editor JOEL KOTKIN on Forbes regarding growing cities

by Kaitlin Hopkins 09/15/2009

"If the great Greek chronicler and 'father of history' Herodotus were alive today, he would have whiplash. In less than a lifetime, we have seen the rapid rise of a host of dynamic new global cities--and the relative decline of many others. With a majority of the world's population now living in cities, what these places do with their new wealth ultimately will shape this first truly urban century."

Joel on Forbes

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