From John Bodley
Rather than the end of nations that Debora MacKenzie refers to, a global system based on small nations would be a better way to “run a planet”.
My research suggests that the problem is not the state or nationality as such, but how to prevent too much power from piling up in too few hands in rich-get-richer growth cycles.
By virtue of their size, small societies allow their members to solve these problems more easily. As I demonstrate in my recent book, The Small Nation Solution, many nations with fewer than 10 million people are already succeeding in this.
Pullman, Washington, US
