If you've been following Marginal Revolution for a while, you'll know that Tyler Cowen (who has libertarian leanings) is endlessly fascinated by Singapore. It's

If you've been following Marginal Revolution for a while, you'll know that Tyler Cowen (who has libertarian leanings) is endlessly fascinated by Singapore. It's one of the most free-market places in the world, yet it has huge government ("a high quality bureaucracy", as Tyler terms it). This pushes against the thinking of libertarians just slightly. The qualifier though is that for this to work the government has to be good -- and once you go beyond the size of a city-state, that becomes more difficult to achieve. Also, Tyler may not fully grasp the liberty you have to give up to achieve such a government in Singapore because he has never lived there. [1] https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/08/why-singapore-is-special.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/08/wh... [2] https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/06/my-worries-about-singapore.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/06/my... [3] https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/12/how-to-visit-singapore.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/12/ho...