>The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a British think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization. It is based in the geography department of Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
I had to wonder why London would rated be above Tokyo and I had my answer immediately.
Well two posts ago you said London was one of the world’s great cities. Not that it was the most open to economic globalization which is a vastly different point to try to make.
The first two sentences of the wiki reveal both the British nature of the publication and its focus not on great cities but on measuring how large cities are open to investment and trade from foreign markets.
This is as close to approaching no one’s definitions of a great city as I am aware.
I had to wonder why London would rated be above Tokyo and I had my answer immediately.