OPINION: Singapore's open door to billionaires shuts out logic - Jake Van Der Kamp

South China Morning Post, 9 Jul 2013

Brigadier general calls the shots but his top brass will struggle with his wonky economics.
Brigadier general Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore army, ret.) may appear to some observers as being on a mission since being elected Prime Minister of Singapore.
Mission: Raise Singapore's gross domestic product per capita to the highest level to be seen anywhere within 10,000 miles. That'll learn 'em who has the right way of running things.
Plan of Attack: GDP per capita means money. Billionaires have money. Thus bring billionaires in. You have your orders, men. Zero-hour is now! Dismissed!
If only it were as simple as it is in the army. Full story