Good-bye to Dubai

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 6, 2010

Joshua Hammer, New York Review of Books contributor, explores the effects of the global financial crisis on Dubai: a city only recently on the brink of fortune and success. He discusses the origins of the "Dubai fantasy" and the problems inherent in its construction and maintenance, Dubai's identity as a world city and the stark realities of its economic recession. He also disccuses illicit enterprises—from human trafficking to arms smuggling—allegedly going on in Dubai. His article "Good-bye to Dubai" is in the summer issue of the New York Review of Books.

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