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Why the world needs charter cities

Paul Romer · TED

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How can a struggling country break out of poverty if it's trapped in a system of bad rules? Economist Paul Romer unveils a bold idea: "charter cities," city-scale administrative zones governed by a coalition of nations. (Could Guantánamo Bay become the next Hong Kong?)

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2009
Speaker
Paul Romer
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Economics, Business and management, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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