Local businesses are replaced by franchises of global corporations. Foods are imported from all over the globe, and sold by supermarkets owned and managed by conglomerates based in foreign countries. Life in a global city is markedly different from life in a rural town or village. Business takes place on a global scale every hour of every day. The modern world is becoming increasingly globalized. "A multi-disciplinary tour de force that should be read not only by regional economists but also by urban geographers, sociologists, and planners.As a major financial “command and control” center, London is one of the world’s premier global cities. It incorporates a herculean research effort."-Susan Fainstein, Journal of the American Planning Association are sobering."-Rudolf Klein, Times Literary Supplement "The most detailed and sophisticated anatomy yet published of the functioning of the new producer services sector in the global economy."-Mark Levine, Urban Affairs Quarterly "A landmark study in the political economy of cities."-Anthony King, Newsline Sassen shows how dangerously city life has been affected by the influx of employees of the multinational firms which move into major cities and virtually colonize them, riving even greater wedges between the rich and poor."- The Observer " high-powered and at times horrific book. A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world."-Peter Hall, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research "This is brilliant stuff, both in its broadness of sociological scope and its voluminous collection of data from a vast number of sources in the three cities."-Scott Lash, The Times Higher Education Supplement
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