Over the past couple of weeks, commentator Doctor Robert Fielden has been talking about a recent study by the Brookings Institute, which predicts order-of-magnitude growth in the American southwest. For Doctor Fielden, the key to a healthy Las Vegas is changing residents from observers to participants.

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• Brookings Institute: Megapolitan Las Vegas One of America's Newest Metropolitan Places... (pdf)
• Brookings Institute: Megapolitan Las Vegas: One of America's Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help It Prosper (Event Summary)
• LV Sun: Governor formally calls for special session to cut budget
• UNLV

Related KNPR Items

• 12/01/08: Dr Fielden Commentary: More on Mountain Megas
• 10/28/08: Dr Fielden Commentary: Mountain Megas
• 11/24/08: Southwest Growth Conference