The author&#x27;s reference to Morris&#x27; high-end&#x2F;low-end classification of states and absolute preference for centralization seems simplistic and out of touch with economic research on the topic.<p>I think Elinor Ostrom (the only female recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics to date) provides a much more useful framework for evaluating institutional design. In some cases centralization works and in others decentralization is preferable, but a very important component that gets left out of Morris&#x27; dichotomy is the role that jurisdictional overlap plays in forcing centralized and decentralized institutions to compete against each other and ultimately provide better outcomes than either could independently.