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In the future, we will subscribe to government, not submit to it.
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What Auckland Reveals About Governance (opens the original)
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I write weekly about how governance systems actually work and how new jurisdictions are being designed. Subscribe to follow the series.When a city grows, there is an obvious argument for centralizing its governance.Transportation networks cross neighborhood boundaries. Water systems serve thousands or millions of people. Roads connect communities that may have very different priorities. Land-use decisions in one place affect housing and traffic somewhere else. Coordinating all of that becomes mu
What Luxembourg City Reveals About Governance (opens the original)
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I write weekly about how governance systems actually work and how new jurisdictions are being designed. Subscribe to follow the series.Small jurisdictions seem to begin with an obvious disadvantage.They have fewer people, smaller domestic markets, less capital, fewer universities, fewer businesses, and less room for error. A large country can support entire industries through domestic demand alone. A small jurisdiction often has to persuade people who live somewhere else to bring their capital,
August in Morazán: When the Problems Become City Problems (opens the original)
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What does it look like when a new city stops being primarily a construction project and starts becoming a place that actually has to work?I have been documenting Ciudad Morazán since construction began in 2021, and for much of that time progress was easy to see. New houses appeared. Apartment buildings went up. Roads, utilities, commercial spaces and a school created the physical infrastructure of a community.August was different.During one of the weekly management meetings, Community Manager Ur
What Helsinki Reveals About Governance (opens the original)
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I write weekly about how governance systems actually work and how new jurisdictions are being designed. Subscribe to follow the series.When we talk about good governance, we often talk about trust. We want citizens to trust institutions, investors to trust the rules, and residents to trust that the services they depend upon will continue to work. Copenhagen made me wonder whether trustworthy institutions can gradually help create a culture of trust. Geneva approached the same problem from anothe
What Seoul Reveals About Governance (opens the original)
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I write weekly about how governance systems actually work and how new jurisdictions are being designed. Subscribe to follow the series.When I think about successful governance, I usually find myself looking for things that endure. Stable rules matter because people need to know what to expect. Institutions accumulate credibility by behaving consistently over time. Vienna made me think about stewardship across generations, while Geneva made me think about the value created when institutional comm
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