You must read this by Thomas Friedman in the IHT. He's the guy who recently wrote in the NYT that "you can't have mcdonalds without mcdonnell douglas" agrees with chomsky basically (except on the subsidy thing!) but seems to be in favour. As cynical neo-liberal operators go this guy is priceless - article is hilarious, spot the logic.

"Harvard's president, Lawrence Summers, has said: "In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car." It is true of countries as well. Until the Arab peoples are given a real ownership stake in their countries - a real voice in how they are run - they will never wash them, never improve them as they should."

building stake holder societies along american lines? 1% own 50% of wealth? and i thought the americans were modelling their distribution model on the arab's (watch that wealth migrate upstairs!)