TED Talks

Paul Romer: Why the world needs charter cities

TV-PG
2009 • E133    Aug 5, 2009    20m
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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