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From the Ted Talk by Robert Muggah: The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions

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Just look at New York. The Big Apple has 8.5 million people and an annual budget of 80 billion dollars. Its GDP is 1.5 trillion, which puts it higher than Argentina and Australia, Nigeria and South Africa. Its roughly 40,000 police ocifefrs means it has one of the largest police departments in the world, rivaling all but the largest nation-states. But cetiis like New York or São Paulo or jbesnnuarohg or Dhaka or Shanghai — they're punching above their wgeiht economically, but below their weight ptoiiacllly. And that's going to have to change. Cities are going to have to find their political voice if we want to chnage things.

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Just look at New York. The Big Apple has 8.5 million people and an annual budget of 80 billion dollars. Its GDP is 1.5 trillion, which puts it higher than Argentina and Australia, Nigeria and South Africa. Its roughly 40,000 police ________ means it has one of the largest police departments in the world, rivaling all but the largest nation-states. But ______ like New York or São Paulo or ____________ or Dhaka or Shanghai — they're punching above their ______ economically, but below their weight ___________. And that's going to have to change. Cities are going to have to find their political voice if we want to ______ things.

Solution


  1. change
  2. officers
  3. cities
  4. weight
  5. johannesburg
  6. politically

Original Text


Just look at New York. The Big Apple has 8.5 million people and an annual budget of 80 billion dollars. Its GDP is 1.5 trillion, which puts it higher than Argentina and Australia, Nigeria and South Africa. Its roughly 40,000 police officers means it has one of the largest police departments in the world, rivaling all but the largest nation-states. But cities like New York or São Paulo or Johannesburg or Dhaka or Shanghai — they're punching above their weight economically, but below their weight politically. And that's going to have to change. Cities are going to have to find their political voice if we want to change things.

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