I'm so excited to read these essays; I've been harassing my family for years now on how we need to return to a city state model of community and governance, but I've never really read or engaged intentionally with the concept. Eager to read everyone's thoughts and insights!

Amazing idea. From Brazil I would say you only should create new states if they have hard budget constraint (readers could look for Barry Weingast, for example). In Brazil, they have soft budget ones and several moral hazard problems. The effort to think about the institutions for this is a very interesting intelectual exercise. Also, I would recommend the "Journal of Special jurisdictions", which has been publishing articles on this subject. I can't wait to see these essays. Thank you a lot for the initiative!

Congratulations for taking this on.

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