Ideas change everything

Paul Romers radikale ide: Autonome byer

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Paul Romer |

TEDGlobal 2009

• July 2009

Hvordan kan et hærget land bryde ud af fattigdom, hvis det er fanget i et system med dårlige regler? Økonomen Paul Romer fremfører en vovet ide: "autonome byer", administrative zoner af bystørrelse, som er regeret af en koalition af nationer. (Kan Guantanamo-bugten blive det nye Hong Kong?)

Hvordan kan et hærget land bryde ud af fattigdom, hvis det er fanget i et system med dårlige regler? Økonomen Paul Romer fremfører en vovet ide: "autonome byer", administrative zoner af bystørrelse, som er regeret af en koalition af nationer. (Kan Guantanamo-bugten blive det nye Hong Kong?)

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Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank

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Paul Romer's research on catch-up growth in low- and middle-income countries has emphasized the importance of government policies that encourage orderly urban expansion.

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