<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for A grim vision of the future mega-city.]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/dubai/ Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:21:48 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dubai/1 Great article dave, thanks!

"Dubai, together with its emirate neighbors, has achieved the state of the art in the disenfranchisement of labor. Trade unions, strikes, and agitators are illegal, and 99% of the private-sector workforce are easily deportable non-citizens. Indeed, the deep thinkers at the American Enterprise and Cato institutes must salivate when they contemplate the system of classes and entitlements in Dubai."

Hehey, there it is dave.  Cato Institute style libertarians?

These folks are a throwback to feudalism, but with modern corporatism added in.    

]]> Great article dave, thanks!

"Dubai, together with its emirate neighbors, has achieved the state of the art in the disenfranchisement of labor. Trade unions, strikes, and agitators are illegal, and 99% of the private-sector workforce are easily deportable non-citizens. Indeed, the deep thinkers at the American Enterprise and Cato institutes must salivate when they contemplate the system of classes and entitlements in Dubai."

Hehey, there it is dave.  Cato Institute style libertarians?

These folks are a throwback to feudalism, but with modern corporatism added in.    

]]> Comment #2 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/dubai/ Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:28:09 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dubai/2 Neoliberal defined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

"Neoliberalism is a political-economic philosophy that has had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s - and increasingly prominent since 1980 - that de-emphasizes or rejects government intervention in the economy (that complements private initiative), focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by encouraging free-market methods and fewer restrictions on business operations and economic development. Supporters argue that by implementing business-friendly policies, a society can assure that its businesses grow, creating jobs and other economic benefits which improve the welfare of the entire economy. This is commonly referred to as 'trickle down economics' or 'Reaganomics.' Detractors tend to think that government intervention is necessary to create an equitable society."

Sounds an awful lot like neo-conservative.  No wonder I get confused!  Hehey.

Trickling tricksters.  The moderate majority of corporate feudalists would be named neo-moderates then?

]]> Neoliberal defined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

"Neoliberalism is a political-economic philosophy that has had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s - and increasingly prominent since 1980 - that de-emphasizes or rejects government intervention in the economy (that complements private initiative), focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by encouraging free-market methods and fewer restrictions on business operations and economic development. Supporters argue that by implementing business-friendly policies, a society can assure that its businesses grow, creating jobs and other economic benefits which improve the welfare of the entire economy. This is commonly referred to as 'trickle down economics' or 'Reaganomics.' Detractors tend to think that government intervention is necessary to create an equitable society."

Sounds an awful lot like neo-conservative.  No wonder I get confused!  Hehey.

Trickling tricksters.  The moderate majority of corporate feudalists would be named neo-moderates then?

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