Economically healthy cities in the world
The Brookings Institution has kicked off an interesting project measuring the economic performance of the 150 largest metro areas in the world before and after the Great Recession. You can read the full report here. (pdf)
The cities that have performed the best during the recovery of 2009-2010 are:
1. Istanbul
2. Shenzhen
3. Lima
4. Singapore
5. Santiago
The first U.S. city to make the list is Austin at 26th.
