These global cities share several key cultural, social, economic, and political features that serve to differentiate them from other large cities. ... Another key feature of global cities involves their unique economic characteristics. According to Saskia Sassen, focusing on cities in an analysis of economic globalization signals the declining significance of the national economy as a unitary category in the global economy (409). There are numerous reasons why it is important to introduce cities in a discussion of economic globalization. ... The transnational movement of capital and labo...

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