She
developed the idea of smaller sovereignties in her recent book Dark
Age Ahead. In it she explains how early medieval cities helped pull
Europe out of the Dark Age because of subsidiarity, the principle
that government works best when it is closest to the people it serves
and the needs it addresses, and fiscal accountability, the principle
that institutions collecting and disbursing taxes work most responsibly
when they are transparent to those providing money. Both of these
principles have almost disappeared from the modern world. The separation
of Quebec would be an excellent way to restore them, argued Jane
Jacobs.
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