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Arif was taught by a British professor who specialized in Soviet economics and studied the ideology of communism, which promised to elevate the poor people whom globalization left behind.
The neighborhood was known as the Beverly Hills of Dubai and was home to wealthy people from all corners of the world. The family of the Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe had a house there, as did Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister of Thailand who fled his country to escape a jail sentence for corruption.
Electricity demand was growing at nearly 10 percent a year but not a single new megawatt of generating capacity had been added for a decade.6 Thirteen out of the nineteen power plants were obsolete.
He had an amazing ability to get what he wanted while maintaining plausible deniability.
Andrew was a thoughtful investor who took his job seriously.
Just like you don’t negotiate with a terrorist, you don’t make nice with a fraudster.
Hiring lawyers to deter or delay journalists was a tactic straight out of the billionaire’s playbook. The lawyers slowed us down and bought Arif more time.
