Showing posts with label The Economist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Economist. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Claim: New York is the most competitive city in the world


According to the Global Urban Competitiveness Project (as reported in The Economist), New York is the most competitive city in the world.

Of course, there is a problem with this No. 1 ranking, as Gawker weekend editor Ian Spiegelman notes: "Competitive people are assholes, and there are too goddamn many of them here!" [Via Gawker]