Featured Research: The Global Parliament of Mayors

	Benjamin Barber, senior research scholar, CUNY; renowned political theorist and urbanist; author, If Mayors Ruled the Word: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
	Richard Florida, leading urban studies theorist; Director, the Martin Prosperity Institute; author, Who’s Your City? Senior editor for The Atlantic
	Don Tapscott, Executive Director, Global Solution Networks; best-selling author; leading authority on innovation and the social and economic impact of technology

The Concept

Putting Concept into Practice

	Mayors get things done. Should they run the world?
	Can Mayors Save the World?
	Bloomberg Focuses on Rest (as in Rest of the World)
	New mayors of old cities meet over common problems
	Why Mayors Need a UN-Like Organization of Their Own