Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Meet on the ground floor of QNC, on or near thegray slab benches at 7:20ish, and a regular will let everyone into a room in IQC for 7:30 pm. You can see the precise location onplus.codes. The benches are near the Ring Road entrance, and across the hall from an orange-tinted lab space.
As always, vegetarian snacks will be provided.
Activity
This week, we will discuss Charter cities by listing pros and cons.
Charter Cities
Meet on the ground floor of QNC, on or near the gray slab benches at 7:20ish, and a regular will let everyone into a room in IQC for 7:30 pm. You can see the precise location on plus.codes. The benches are near the Ring Road entrance, and across the hall from an orange-tinted lab space.
As always, vegetarian snacks will be provided.
Activity
This week, we will discuss Charter cities by listing pros and cons.
Readings
What if we could redesign society from scratch? The promise of charter cities—Rational Animations (2024)
Charter Cities: Q&A with Paul Romer—CGD (2010)
Prospectus On Próspera—ACT, Scott Alexander (2021)
Optional Readings
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down—NYT, Rachel Corbett (2024) << Non paywalled
A Quick Case for Charter Cities: - Caplan (2011) << fixed formatting issues in claude, text is unchanged
The Hong Kong Experiment—Milton Friedman (1998)
Labour Rights in Special Economic Zones—Cotula ET AL. (2021) << Critical POV
Honduras Is Fighting Back Against Corporate Colonialism—Grace Blakeley (2023) << Critical POV
Building Radical Charter Cities—Paul Healy and Matt Prewitt (2020) << Supportive but socialist POV