Charter cities make sense in Europe
Charter cities—special zones insulated from host-country governance—can generate growth with existing resources. Shenzhen, Singapore, Dubai, and Hong Kong all transformed from underdeveloped land into economic hubs by changing rules, not raw materials.
The pitch: governance is the binding constraint. If you decouple a territory from harmful institutions and let it self-manage, economic dynamism follows. The question for Europe: where's the political space to try it?