Can ‘Charter Cities’ Create Opportunity?

March 22, 2011

Each year about 75,000 Hondurans try to reach the United States to seek economic opportunity. A new plan, however, would try to bring opportunity to Hondurans rather than the other way around. Honduras recently amended its constitution to allow the creation of “special development regions” or “charter cities.” Charter cities are the brainchild of American economist Paul Romer, who is known for his attention to the ways in which ideas, …

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Libel And The Shield Of Truth

November 19, 2010

In Hungary, two men are involved in a trial. One is a renowned American-Israeli Nazi hunter who has spent the past three decades tracking down war criminals. The other is a former Hungarian soldier who escaped charges of mass murder by fleeing to South America after World War II. The Nazi hunter is the one being tried. Dr. Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s office in Jerusalem, was …

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Cross Singapore Off The Itinerary

March 31, 2010

This column is the reason I may never be able to visit Singapore. My firm cannot consider opening an office there, and I must refrain from dispatching staff to meet with Singapore-based clients should the opportunity arise. Even my travel-loving daughters ought to think twice before touring the Southeast Asian city-state, though I doubt they would actually have trouble there because of my actions. All this may be a mild …

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