Transforming: Incredible U.S. Change

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Opinion Page

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The Charleston Gazette

…”The Next 100 Million: America in 2050,” predicts a booming future. The author, urban scholar Joel Kotkin, says the United States is on track to become “the most affluent, culturally rich, and successful nation in human history.”

Unlike Europe and Japan, which are stagnating with aging people, he says, America will swell to 400 million people by 2050, thanks to the highest growth rate in the advanced First World.