GGRB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: West Edmonton Mall, Market (Place), Smart Growth

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15 Jun 2012
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Marvin macaraig"s new office: mw379, 1:30-2:30 and 5:30-6:30. The idea of the global city, how governments promote themselves as global cities (only certain cities can be called global cities ) Globalization has allowed the expansion of trade and direct foreign investment. Mobility of capital, it allows capital to be reinvested. Today you can wire money to anywhere, pay by credit card, etc. (all facilitated by globalization) We"re globalizing people (labour), not just products (goods, commodities) It"s not a recent phenomenon, but it has been happening at an increasing rate recently, inter and intra-relationship with cities. Increased and intensification of global economic competition. We are living in an era of globalization. Organization of mass production and consumption of consumer goods. Making desks, chairs, tvs, etc. all you needed was a highschool degree. It was a period of full employment because rising wages enabled workers to buy stuff. Keynesian economics, government played a role with the economy.

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