Articles by Michael Shuman

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The Promise of a Million Utopias
Michael Shuman | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Mar 2017

Here is a fun question guaranteed to stump your friends, family, and party guests: Can you name the leader of Switzerland? Trust me—no one ever knows the answer. And the reason is simple. It hardly matters. Switzerland is arguably the most decentralized nation in the world. Each of its twenty-six states, called cantons, retains a high degree of autonomy for governing its own affairs, including the official language spoken.

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