Tuesday, June 12, 2007
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Judith Klinghoffer: State Capitalism and Foreign Investment - 'Remember the concern with Dubai Ports World? A company owned by Dubai was going to run our ports. "You are xenophobic, anti-Muslim, anti-Arab," cried the deal supporters. Not so, we retorted. There is a fundamental difference between privately own companies and state owned ones, between market and state capitalism. Hence, state owned companies should be treated differently because while profits motivate businesses, geopolitical strategy motivates governments and, ultimately, the businesses they control...[very interesting]'
