[warrenwilkinson]

I don't think Romer was advocating foreigners set up these zones. I think it's just that Romer is a foreigner in most the places he tries to implement his ideas.

The idea is good laws and low taxes make very wealthy cities. See also the free state project (http://freestateproject.org/) which is trying to make New Hampshire more economically free.

[jdp23]

"In the kind of charter city he imagines, the governor would be appointed by Canada or some other rich nation, but the people who work there would come from poor countries."