# Prof. Paul Romer's TED talk on charter cities in Honduras is featured

1 Faculty News May 9, 2012 ![NPR logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030855.jpg?itok=Ti1_93MD)>

Excerpt from [NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/05/09/152335829/the-ted-talk-that-could-spawn-a-city) -- "[Paul Romer](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/paul-romer), an economist at NYU, came up with the idea: Establish a special zone in an impoverished country, and import the legal and political system from one or more rich countries."

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