Economist, policy entrepreneur, and co-recipient of the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. University Professor at NYU. Focused on urbanization, cooperation at scale of millions and billions, science, technology, economic development, long-term growth, and code as language.
Romer is best known in the Network Nations context for his work on charter cities — the idea that new cities with special governance rules could dramatically accelerate development. While his approach is more territorial and top-down than the Network Nations model, his thinking about governance innovation and institutional design at scale is influential.
Link: paulromer.net