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Hi, I'm Mark. I think a lot about progress, governance, social dynamics, and new cities. I am the founder and Chairman of the Charter Cities Institute, a nonprofit building the ecosystem for charter cities. I spend most of my time as CEO of Braavos Cities, a charter city development company. I have a PhD in economics from George Mason University and a BS in Math from the University of Maryland, College Park. Some particular places and times are much more impactful than others, ancient Greece, Renaissance It
Inspired by Patrick Collison's Fast page, I thought it worthwhile to build a list of examples of social change. One of they key challenges of the 21st century is rebuilding our institutions for the digital age. Examples of past successes of social change can help inform that approach. Read It Here
CharterCitiesInstitute.org : I founded the Charter Cities Institute to build the ecosystem for charter cities. The Institute brings together charter cities stakeholders, entrepreneurs, investors, real estate developers, policy experts, and government officials to develop a shared understanding of charter cities and foster relationships which lead to charter cities being built. Braavos Cities: The binding constraint to charter cities is now funding and structure, not government buy in. I founded Braavos Cit
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