Posted on 12/15/2016 11:02:24 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
Thirty years ago, Gurgaon barely existed. There were no high-rises. No kitschy shopping malls. No 27-hole Jack Nicklaus signature golf courses. Until six years ago, the metropolis of two million people didn't even have a municipal government.
So how did Gurgaon become one of the world's fastest growing cities – India's third wealthiest – in three decades?
OK, So Gurgaon is a new city filled with working people. Wait until the gimme dat grifters show up to be supported.
Did you watch the video?
No. Why do I need to watch a video to predict the final outcome. Take Israel. In recent times it was a desert wasteland. The Jews returned and made the desert bloom. The Muslims followed looking to reap the produce. Then their armies came to drive out the wealth builders. Now the Jews are surrounded and pervaded by their enemies who will eradicate them the moment the Jews drop their guard. History is filled with stories of wealth builders. The grifters will come to end it.
I understand how you feel about watching the video. I seldom go to the trouble of watching videos posted here. Most of them are some shmuck giving his opinion on current events.
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But this one is different.
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It’s professionally produced by (Libertarian) Reason magazine. It’s informative, not persuasive or a video rendition of some guy’s opinion. And best of all, it’s under ten minutes.
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But like I said, I don’t blame you if you’d rather not watch it. I get it, I really do.
“But as my own country turns its back on the same global markets that transformed a rocky patch of farmland into a metropolis of two million souls, I can only hope that Gurgaon has many years of hypergrowth yet to come.”
Sounds like the author is taking a shot a Trump.
He says India has 150 million fewer people in poverty thanks to globalization, but fails to mention that the US has millions more due mostly to the same globalization.
As Trump has said, trade has to be a two way street. It’s great that India is doing better, but it shouldn’t be at our expense. I’m sure something more equitable can be worked out.
Countries that adopt capitalism and the rule of law sooner or later will achieve similar standards of living. Look at Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea, now even China and India are coming along. But that leveling has to be done gradually. If done too quickly it will cause huge social dislocations and unrest both in the developing countries and the developed ones. So it’s not a question of ending globalization, but of moderating it to reduce the level of dislocation. And I think that’s the point that Trump is making.
LOL, just wait until those corporations start outsourcing the jobs in Gurgaon. We’ll see how big he is on globalization then.
Made rich off the backs of the American people (just like China). The American political class has destroyed the country and made it into a debtor nation.
Without the US, China and India would be a bigger 3rd world shiite-hole then it is now.
Freedom. That’s how.
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The answer is very simple: American money.
Gurgaon is a haven for offshore IT resources. You know, the Indians you get every time you call a tech support hotline or try to get any programming done?
“Bangalore” used to be the verb used to describe the shipping of IT jobs to India. Now, I just say those jobs are going ... going ... Gurgaon.
Two million? only two million?
The nine coalesced cities in China’s Pearl river Delta have expanded into an area as large as Vermont and New Hampshire combined. The population has grown since 1990 to 68 million people.
The GDP of the Pearl River Delta makes it the 13th largest economy in the world, surpassing all of Russia that trails as number 14
Definitely a shot at we the non-globalists.
It is a wonder how this country with 1.2b people manages to function, as a democracy. If this kind of growth continues, it will emerge as a force to reckon with. We should exploit the current friendly relations with this fast developing economy.
Great vid, great post..!
Too bad idiot posters have so much confidence posting about something they didn’t even see.
I thought this city was a great public vs. private development test case.
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