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Free Cities

Patri Friedman and Mark Lutter on Just Asking Questions background with their names and the words "Free cities?" written on the image | Illustration: Lex Villena

Free Cities

Patri Friedman and Mark Lutter: Does a City Need a State?

Patri Friedman and Mark Lutter discuss free cities and "markets in governance" on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 3.7.2024 12:00 PM

Harvard President Claudine Gay speaks during congressional hearing | Michael Brochstein/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Campus Free Speech

Campus Speech Restrictions Come Back To Bite Universities

Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 12.11.2023 3:35 PM

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Free Cities

Honduras Ends Its Experiment With Charter Cities

No more new ZEDEs will exist, after a unanimous congressional vote to end program; existing ZEDEs are optimistic their deals will be honored.

Brian Doherty | 4.27.2022 11:35 AM

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Seasteading

Selling Sovereignty on the Retail Level

"Golden Visas" and the glories of decoupling citizenship from nationalism.

Brian Doherty | 2.26.2018 5:00 PM

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Reasontv

Gurgaon: India's Private City

An Indian city's embrace of globalism, trade, and hypergrowth is a living response to the protectionist impulse sweeping America.

Todd Krainin | 12.15.2016 12:15 PM

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Politics

A New Place to Think About "Free Cities"

Can special economic zones and private cities morph to arenas for widespread, unprecedented market and regulatory liberty?

Brian Doherty | 6.9.2016 8:15 PM

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