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Thibault Serlet

Thibault Serlet is the Director of Research at the Adrianople Group, a business intelligence firm that  focuses on Special Economic Zones and master planned cities. He is also the architect of Open Zone  Map, the world's largest SEZ dataset. He advises for Pronomos, a VC fund that invests in new city  projects and co-founded the Startup Societies Network, a charter cities think tank. He frequently writes  about SEZs, economic history, and the open data movement.

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What Would Mises Have Thought of "Special Economic Zones"?

World History

03/05/2022Mises Media
SEZs are loopholes, and capitalism breathes through loopholes. But like all loopholes, they tend to benefit those who can afford to hire the lawyers who can identify said loopholes.
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A Modest Proposal: Ukraine Should Sell Donetsk and Luhansk to Russia.

02/28/2022Power & Market
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What Would Mises Have Thought of "Special Economic Zones"?

World History

Blog02/07/2022

SEZs are loopholes, and capitalism breathes through loopholes. But like all loopholes, they tend to benefit those who can afford to hire the lawyers who can identify said loopholes.

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Gilets Jaunes: French Protesters Demand Lower Taxes and More Spending

Blog01/19/2019

The Gilets Jaunes are a crisis for the French state, and it remains to be seen if the French leviathan will use it to expand their powers.

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