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Missouri's 7th District, U.S. House of Representatives

  
 

 

 

Congressional Issues 2010
DEVELOPMENT
Dubai: Wilderness into Garden?



Congress should:
  • ignore the temptation to transform the wilderness into a garden using political orchestration;
  • learn the lessons of Dubai

Oil profits have transformed the nomadic desert of Dubai into a shining star of modern industrialism.

Or so it seems.

Soon to be home to the largest skyscraper in the world,

already boasting an extraordinary indoor ski slope (in the middle of the desert!)

The view outside:

and luxurious hotels:



Atlantis Hotel

and man-made islands

Ten years ago, libertarian writers were speaking of The Digital Future in Dubai. Today journalists are exposing The dark side of Dubai. That article is must-reading.

Dubai depends on slavery.

Does America also depend on slavery? Is Dubai A Microcosm of America?


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