What Makes A "Global City" and Is Miami There Yet...?

What Makes A "Global City" and Is Miami There Yet...?

Episode 722 | 06.28.23

What is a global city? 

Is Miami Stable Enough to Be an Emerging Global City?

Alejandro Portes, author of "Emerging Global Cities", joins us to discuss how Miami has become an emerging global city, a nerve center of the world economy, and how we’ve successfully combined physical and intangible assets to become a Capital of the Americas. 

As well as, discuss the elements that could possibly peril our future.

And co-author, Ariel Armony, surprises the show and joins us, as well. 

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About Our Guests:

Alejandro Portes is a Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of (Emeritus) Sociology at Princeton University and Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami. He is the founding director of the Center for Migration and Development at Princeton. He has taught at several universities.  He is a former president of the American Sociological Association.

Portes is the author of more than 250 articles and chapters on national development, international migration, Latin American and Caribbean urbanization, and economic sociology.  He has published 40 books and special issues.  His books include Immigrant America:  A Portrait; Spanish Legacies: The Coming of Age of the Second Generation and The Global Edge: Miami in the XVI Century.

His current research is on the adaptation process of the immigrant second generation in comparative perspective, the role of institutions on national development, and the comparative study of global cities.

Portes is a former fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences and the Russell Sage Foundation.  He has received honorary doctorates from different university around the world. He was awarded the Princess of Asturias Prize in the Social Sciences from the Kingdom of Spain. 

Ariel Armony leads the University of Pittsburgh’s global engagement and strategy as the Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs. Pitt is a powerhouse in research, particularly in the health sciences, and a leader in international studies. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ariel has written on democracy, civil society, and China’s relations with Latin America. He is a frequent commentator for U.S. and international media.

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Jim Fried has been a real estate business person since 1980 and has had his own radio show since 2009.

Mr. Fried specializes in capitalizing commercial real estate transactions, unearthing urban land opportunities and is also a private lender.

He has been active in the real estate industry for many years as a financial intermediary, broker and investor. He has experience with many property types including, but not limited to: apartments, condominiums, retail centers, office buildings, industrial parks and health care – with a special focus on memory care.

Jim has closed over $3BB in real estate transactions during his career in markets across the eastern US.

Jim uses his communication skills to inform and entertain on his weekly podcast show – Fried on Business. Of course, the show discusses real estate, but he also tackles issues such as branding, sports business, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, public private partnerships as well as health and wellness.

He is also a mentor to many up and coming people in the real estate industry through his membership on the Board of The University of Florida’s Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies.

Mr. Fried is a winner of the Miami-Dade Public School Alumni Achievement Award.

Contact Jim via email at jim@friedonbusiness.com