

He is the author of the best-selling books Edge City: Life on the New Frontier and The Nine Nations of North America. He is a student of global culture, values, and change whose current interests range from human networks and the transmission of ideas to the hypothesis that the '90s - like the '50s - set the stage for a social revolution to come. JOEL GARREAU, the long-time reporter and editor at The Washington Post, is now principal of The Garreau Group, the network of his best sources committed to understanding who we are, how we got that way, and where we're headed, worldwide.
