Word: royer
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...solve the problems in today's cities, politicians need to have a Institute of Politics (IOP) Director Charles Royer said yesterday to an audience of 50 at the Kennedy School...
...Royer, who served a mayor of Seattle for 12 years, listed several major forces driving change in cities...
First, the globalization of the economy has changed the concept of regional firms, said Royer, who also served as president of the National League of Cities...
...Today, you can hardly tell who the economic players are by nationality," Royer said, noting that a Swedish-owned firm that built the tunnel under the English Channel is based in Seattle. "This is a big change to the concept of the nation-state...
Especially as national trade barriers are lowered, Royer said, cities and their suburbs become regional economies that compete globally...