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Paul Romer

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Technologies, Rules, and Progress: The Case for Charter Cities

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Education: BS in physics and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago

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Paul Romer is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development. One of the leading growth economists of our time, as well as an activist and entrepreneur, he was named one of America's 25 most influential people by Time magazine in 1997. In addition to being a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development, Romer is a senior fellow in the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). He has taught at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, UC Berkeley, the University of Chicago, and the University of Rochester. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received the Recktenwald Prize in Economics. Romer earned a BS in physics and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. He is the founder of www.CharterCities.org.

New Popular CGD Publications Events Selected Works

Paul Romer’s Bold New Idea for Charter Cities - Apr 26, 2010

The planet's population will swell by two to three billion people over the next few decades. Where will all those people live? My guest on this week's Global Prosperity Wonkcast has a bold new idea. Paul Romer is a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, a non-resident...
TED Talk: Paul Romer's Radical Idea: Charter Cities - Mar 3, 2010

Why does one country experience economic success while another country from the same region lags behind? In this TED Talk, CGD nonresident fellow Paul Romer argued that the successful country made a set of decisions that lead to their prosperity. The challenge arises when trying to test which...
Technologies, Rules, and Progress: The Case for Charter Cities - Mar 3, 2010

Paul Romer argues that the principal constraint to raising living standards in this century will come neither from scarce resources nor limited technologies; rather, it will come from our limited capacity to discover and implement new rules. He suggests a new type of development policy: chartering...

Technologies, Rules, and Progress: The Case for Charter Cities - Mar 3, 2010

Paul Romer argues that the principal constraint to raising living standards in this century will come neither from scarce resources nor limited technologies; rather, it will come from our limited capacity to discover and implement new rules. He suggests a new type of development policy: chartering...
Paul Romer’s Bold New Idea for Charter Cities - Apr 26, 2010

The planet's population will swell by two to three billion people over the next few decades. Where will all those people live? My guest on this week's Global Prosperity Wonkcast has a bold new idea. Paul Romer is a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, a non-resident...
TED Talk: Paul Romer's Radical Idea: Charter Cities - Mar 3, 2010

Why does one country experience economic success while another country from the same region lags behind? In this TED Talk, CGD nonresident fellow Paul Romer argued that the successful country made a set of decisions that lead to their prosperity. The challenge arises when trying to test which...

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Technologies, Rules, and Progress: The Case for Charter Cities - Mar 3, 2010

Paul Romer argues that the principal constraint to raising living standards in this century will come neither from scarce resources nor limited technologies; rather, it will come from our limited capacity to discover and implement new rules. He suggests a new type of development policy: chartering...

A New Way to Promote Economic Growth: Charter Cities - Mar 15, 2010
CGD non-resident fellow Paul Romer is a professor at Stanford University and is one of the leading growth economists of our time. He will discuss his idea for a profoundly new way to reduce poverty in the developing world: chartering new cities to create centers of growth and prosperity within...