Chicago ranks as one of the top-ten global cities according to a new Global Cities Index released today by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Foreign Policy magazine. Chicago’s 8th place ranking is mainly driven by strong human capital and business activity. New York, London and Paris are the world’s most global cities according to the new index.

The inaugural Global Cities Index, a comprehensive ranking of how 60 cities from 40 countries are powering integration, interaction and influence on a global scale, is published in the November/December 2008 issue of Foreign Policy and is available at ForeignPolicy.com.

While most other city rankings limit their focus to commerce or quality of life measures, the Global Cities Index incorporates business activity, human capital, information exchange, as well as cultural experience and political engagement. The result is a holistic look at what differentiates cities in generating, attracting, and retaining global capital, people, and ideas. 

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