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Jan 17, 2025 | 
palladiummag.com | Mark Lutter |Jeffrey Mason
In March 2023, now-President-elect Donald Trump called for the creation of up to ten “Freedom Cities,” new cities built on federal land to serve as hubs for the development of emerging technologies, revitalization of American manufacturing, and lowering the cost of housing for American families.
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May 30, 2024 | 
chartercitiesinstitute.org | Jeffrey Mason
Book ReviewHow Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan GardnerIn How Big Things Get Done, Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner delve into the challenges of executing large-scale projects, offering critical insights particularly relevant to charter cities and new urban developments.
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May 15, 2024 | 
chartercitiesinstitute.org | Jeffrey Mason
Listen:Show Notes:Liberalism in China has taken many twists and turns. And in today’s episode, we explore its fascinating history, from its early pre-Western roots, all the way to its current incarnation within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and beyond. Joining us to unpack this fascinating topic is Evan Osborne, Professor of Economics at Wright State University, and author of the highly informative new book Markets with Chinese Characteristics: Economic Liberalism in Modern China.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
chartercitiesinstitute.org | Matthew McCartney |Jeffrey Mason
Book ReviewThe Dragon from the Mountains by Matthew McCartneyMy CCI colleague Matthew McCartney joined us in 2021, welcoming him with a CCI launch event for his excellent book, The Dragon from the Mountains: The CPEC from Kashgar to Gwadar.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
chartercitiesinstitute.org | Jeffrey Mason
Listen:Key Points From This Episode:Introducing today’s guest, Luqman Edu. An overview of Itana, Nigeria’s first Digital Free Zone. Common challenges for companies doing business in Africa. Details on traditional Free Zones in Nigeria. Policy and legal measures for making Itana an authentic Digital Free Zone. A rundown of the incentives for working in Itana. The requirements for being able to operate in Itana. Itana’s physical campus and their goals for it.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
chartercitiesinstitute.org | Jeffrey Mason
Listen: Key Points From This Episode: What Growth Teams is all about and how Kartik and Jonathan came to found it Kartik and Jonathan’s professional backgrounds The importance of structural growth and economic development Why the aforementioned issues are neglected by governments and policymakers Defining structural transformation The factors that make structural transformation difficult to facilitate Our guests’ advice for how governments can uphold their transformation reforms How labor...
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
chartercitiesinstitute.org | Jeffrey Mason
Listen:Key Points From This Episode:The definition of a developmental state and typical examples. Learn what a distributive crisis is and how it applies to Ethiopia. An overview of the successes and failures of Ethiopia’s government. Top-down versus bottom-up factors contributing to Ethiopia’s crisis. How centuries of statehood shaped Ethiopia’s developmental drive. Explore the evolution of Ethiopia’s land and agricultural sector. Ethiopia’s equity and ethnically inclusive developmental strategies.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Jeffrey Mason
Humanity has built new cities throughout history. Some emerged organically to support trade networks, some as defensive strongholds, and others as the realised dream of a modernising monarch or a unifying political leader. In the modern, post-Second World War era, hundreds of deliberately planned new cities have been built or are currently in development. The number of new city projects has exploded in the past two decades – but why?
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Jeffrey Mason
Humanity has built new cities throughout history. Some emerged organically to support trade networks, some as defensive strongholds, and others as the realised dream of a modernising monarch or a unifying political leader. In the modern, post-Second World War era, hundreds of deliberately planned new cities have been built or are currently in development. The number of new city projects has exploded in the past two decades – but why?
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Jun 7, 2023 | 
worksinprogress.co | Jeffrey Mason |Mark Lutter |Adam Hunt |Anton Howes
28th August 202012 Mins Polls show that the majority of Americans want to reduce their consumption of meat, but many struggle to do so. People really hate vegans and vegetarians. In one study, participants reported disliking vegans and vegetarians more than immigrants and atheists; only drug addicts were more disliked than vegans.
