tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post3968475216038420304..comments2024-03-28T05:19:17.215-04:00Comments on Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report: Atlantic Yards cited in Competitive Enterprise Institute report as example of bad public-private partnershipsNorman Oderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618087999719667586noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-76902197670922029292011-01-12T10:48:41.431-05:002011-01-12T10:48:41.431-05:00Correct me if I'm wrong Norman, but isn't ...Correct me if I'm wrong Norman, but isn't FCR heavily involved in the DC Navy Yard Development as well? I wouldn't be at all surprised if they were also involved in the Pittsburgh one cited also. And crazily enough, they may well be a contractor in the DOD's Base Realignment and Closure program. After all, NLG just posted that story from the Honolulu Advertiser about all the real estate work they are doing for the DOD. <br /><br />So. If true, we're really talking about a coziness btwn the nation-state and one particular firm that reminds one of at best, Halliburton, and at worst, the South Sea Company or the East India Company. The latter examples, of course, being the main reason for that vaguely known diatribe in the history of international reform, The Wealth of Nations. <br /><br />Ugh. Some proverb about not knowing one's history is somehow coming to mind. Except I thought that, of all our history, at least the politicians all claim to be adherents to Adam Smith, right? Guess they really never opened up the pages of that book.... <br /><br />Also, if true, don't hold your breath for any DOJ investigations of FCR in Yonkers. This won't change until Norman pens a latter-day Wealth of Nations.agrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337318228670330707noreply@blogger.com