By William R. Collier, Jr. Public trust in government is at an all-time low thanks to widespread mismanagement of the COVID-19 response. This presents an opportunity not only to reform failing institutions, but to build new ones with greater accountability. In this dynamic new environment, the concept of Free Private Cities (FPCs) popularized […]
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Free Private Cities: The Future of Governance
By Titus Gebel, Free Private Cities One thing that COVID-19 will probably change, even after the virus is no longer an immediate threat, is the number of home workers. This number is supposed to remain higher than it was before. Under duress, companies found out that many jobs can indeed be done remotely, saving […]
Time for a new generation of cities?
By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief One interesting (and paradoxically characteristic) aspect of our frenetic modern world is how rarely we found new cities. After all, for thousands of years it was perfectly normal to “pick up sticks” and start a new settlement. Most of the great cities of Europe are products of Greek, […]