Honduras to allow privately run cities

[Admiral Yi]

Like what what?

the entire of privatized cities.

[Barrister]

If you google Michael Strong and MKG Group you get... nothing.  There is an MKG Group but clearly different from this one.

I remember reading about efforts to establish "free cities" in central america in the past.  They were spearheaded by libertarian / Randian / Austrian economics types.  I suspect this is the same.  Marty is right though - $15 mil doesn't get you anything.

[DGuller]

   I think I have a solution for our Ron Paul problem.

[The Larch]

The 15 million $ are quoted for "basic infrastructure" at one of the future cities, so I guess that means lots of pipes, cables and power lines. Maybe at Honduran rates that gets you plenty of manpower and stuff.

[Martinus]

The 15 million $ are quoted for "basic infrastructure" at one of the future cities, so I guess that means lots of pipes, cables and power lines. Maybe at Honduran rates that gets you plenty of manpower and stuff.

That's still a miniscule amount, if you consider a budget for your average public works project.

If they were talking billions, not millions, it would be closer to the mark.

[Martinus]

How much latitude do they have with setting their own laws?  Can a powerful CEO have his workers that demand higher wages euthanized, if the city-state's laws allow that?

Yeah, I find this bizarre for this very reason. In fact, any deprivation of life, liberty or health should be banned - but then the laws would really have no teeth.

[garbon]

The 15 million $ are quoted for "basic infrastructure" at one of the future cities, so I guess that means lots of pipes, cables and power lines. Maybe at Honduran rates that gets you plenty of manpower and stuff.

A quick search revealed that when Honduras unveiled a large bus station that could service most destinations in the country it cost 16 million USD. 

[Iormlund]

It's enough to pave a few km and build a couple empty warehouses.

[Syt]

OCP should get in on this.

[The Larch]

Apparently in Honduras they have like 50% unemployment and 65% of the population in poverty, maybe they're establishing some kind of slave work provision into this deal.

[Darth Wagtaros]

OCP should get in on this.

Or RAM.

[Monoriu]

Real life version of Tropico or SimCity. 

[MadImmortalMan]

If it works, great, we know more than we did before and the human test subjects are happier. If it fails, oh well, we know more than we did before and the human test subjects are bankrupt and amply demonstrate the credulity of individual humans.

The only thing we're going to learn from it is how long it takes before the Honduran government changes their mind and re-annexes them. The faster they grow the sooner it will be.

[Josquius]

Like what what?

the entire of privatized cities.

Passed over idea when typing.