• Paul Romer
• New-growth economist

• Speaking at TEDGlobal 2009
• July 2009
• Oxford

Paul Romer's radical idea: Charter cities: 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?)