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New Company Towns?

Hi everyone, My last newsletter stated that there are three ways to start a city: be a government, start a religion, or have an economic reason. I would like to add a fourth: be a large multi-national company. I would not be surprised if over the next

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starting a charter city

Starting a Charter City

I like to joke that there are three ways to build a city, 1) be a government, 2) have an economic rationale, or 3) start a religion. Governments have two advantages. First, they don’t face the same budget constraints that firms do and therefore are able to make

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