"The amazing thing about cities is that they're worth so much more than it costs to build them."
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Businesspeople from the United StatesNobel laureates from the United StatesEconomists from the United StatesNobel laureates in EconomicsPeople from Denver
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TED 2011 "The world's first charter city?"
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