Can cities govern themselves? | Patri Friedman and Mark Lutter | Just Asking Questions, Ep. 13
Channel: ReasonTV
Date: 2024-03-08

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

NOTE: This is a re-upload to fix a technical error on a previous version. 

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0:00- What is Prospera?
2:00- Why Patri got a chip implanted in him while in Prospera
6:55- What can Prospera teach other charter cities?
11:01-  Learning from ancient city-states and free cities
20:28- Two different kinds of charter cities
23:37- Do charter cities need democracy or liberalism?
31:28- Who wants to live in charter cities?
43:50- How Prospera beat its political enemies in Honduras
49:05- Could America have charter cities?