The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty
In the 1990s, Paul Romer revolutionized economics. In the aughts, he became rich as a software entrepreneur. Now he’s trying to help the poorest countries grow rich—by convincing them to establish foreign-run “charter cities” within their borders. Romer’s idea is unconventional, even neo-colonial—the best analogy is Britain’s historic lease of Hong Kong. And against all odds, he just might make it happen [well, I'm from Missouri--via Arts and Letters Daily]…
Bit of Whiggery? And about time the Globe and Mail put Neil Reynolds on the main op-ed page rather than buried in the “Report on Business” where most readers miss his cogent pieces.
Mark
Ottawa
