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Dive deeper into the world of Free Cities with books published by the Foundation.
2018 · 429 pages
Free Private Cities Making Governments Compete for You
by Titus Gebel
Titus Gebel’s book presents the theoretical framework for creating Free Cities, drawing lessons from past and present autonomous cities and outlining a model for building a Free City in the real world. Free Private Cities represent one of the few non-totalitarian alternatives to the majoritarian political systems adopted by most Western nation-states.
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2023 · 210 pages
Entrepreneurial Communities An Alternative to the State
by Calvin Duke
What if there was a better way to organize society, one that didn’t rely on taxation and self-serving political parties? Calvin Duke introduces the little known social thinkers Spencer Heath and Spencer MacCallum and explores current successful examples of their radical ideas. The entrepreneurial community is the governance model chosen for the Honduran Free City Ciudad Morazán.
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2026 · 278 pages
A Country That Builds Guantánamo Bay and the Future of American Power
by Alexander D. Voss
The United States has leased forty-five square miles of Caribbean coastline at Guantánamo Bay since 1903, and for decades the naval station has sat largely idle. Alex Voss argues that its extraterritorial status and ready-built port, runway, and power grid make it the ideal site for a Free City under American sovereignty, drawing lessons from Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, and Shenzhen.
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2025 · 348 pages
The Proprietary State A Capitalist Vision for Better Governance
by Andries Kerpestein
What if a government takes the form of a for-profit corporation? Andries Kerpestein explores this provocative idea, proposing a system where governments have shareholders instead of voters. Drawing on contract theory, entrepreneurship, and consumer sovereignty, he outlines how proprietary governance could outperform traditional democracies.
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2023 · 138 pages
Strategies for Liberty Free Cities & Bitcoin
by Alexander D. Voss
In this book, Alex Voss makes the case that Free Cities and Bitcoin are among the most powerful tools we have to meaningfully enhance liberty. Importantly, the synergies between these two tools make them exceptionally powerful in their potential to free us from today’s legacy systems.
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