# Why the world needs charter cities

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer_why_the_world_needs_charter_cities)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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?)

## Lectures

1. [Why the world needs charter cities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paul_romer_why_the_world_needs_charter_cities/2e3fb33c7b58), 19 min (TED's player)