Week 5 Question

According to Sassen, global cities are sites of production for "specialized services needed by complex organizations for running a spatially dispersed network of factories, offices, and service outlets" as well as "financial innovations and the making of markets."  Based on this definition, I would say that Dublin is a global city.  As we've seen in previous classes and readings, Dublin is a very desirable location for "complex organizations" such as Google to set up offices in.  These large corporations choose Dublin because it is the type of production site described by Sassen; Dublin provides favorable tax laws and an educated work force while also allowing American companies specifically to feel more spatially connected to the broader Western economy.