brunei

The Sultan of Brunei tells the banker to take all of his money and plow it into the U.

How do you think Malaysia would respond if Brunei suddenly claimed ownership of nearby Malaysian territory?

They were requested by the Ministers of the TPP after the August 2013 Brunei round.

And they don't want to lose the Sultan of Brunei as a customer.

New Zealand / Chile / Peru / Vietnam / Brunei / Malaysia / Singapore / Canada / Mexico propose; United States / Japan oppose.

The Sultan of Brunei only gets $700 million in his account.

Last I heard, instead of paying taxes, Brunei citizens all get an annual $30k outright.

Alcohol is verboten in Brunei as a muslim country.

The Sultan of Brunei or whatever is not calling Fred Wilson to yell at him about how USV is performing, unless the Sultan invested directly for some reason.

I'm not saying that being born a citizen of Brunei is a raw deal, but their wealth is pretty dependent on the needs of much larger countries.

Claiming that the House of Medici is an example of a government contributing to the advancement of the arts is like claiming Brunei contributed to the advancement of the automotive industry because the Sultan spent a billion dollars on Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, and crazy one-off concepts.

While I agree that Leica went off their rails, I don't think that's a good example, the Sultan of Brunei had a gold plated Mercedes made for him, I think a few cameras are easier to obtain:) > There are many rich and famous people in the world, but not everyone knows the art to splurge it.

Ah, it WAS Sterling; "Green Days in Brunei" from the "Crystal Express" story collection.

One day the Sultan of Brunei calls up the bank and says "I would like $1 billion of my money back because I need spending money." The banker sells a bunch of Apple and Google stock until there is $1 billion of cash ready to wire back from New York to the Sultan of Brunei's bank account in Lichtenstein so the Sultan of Brunei can spend his own money.

I searched for "dog" and it yielded these two rows: Perkins Leblanc Boyd Utah Brunei Alyce Chavez Bendon Iowa Portugal I am pretty sure "dog" isn't in either of those rows?

From the US to Germany to Hong Kong and Brunei (all on the top 20 of "economic freedom"), markets thrive on heavy subsidies, tons of protections, and heavy military and diplomatic action to win favorable deals for exports and secure cheap resources.

Tiny Bank of Lichtenstein takes all of the Sultan of Brunei's money and plops it into the U.

Brunei and Kuwait are terrible offenders - huge sections of the population (more than half in Brunei) aren't citizens and can't be, no matter how many generations they've been there.

It's another thing to bypass that process entirely and make policy through trade agreements with a bunch of regimes like Brunei.