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Can Dubai Revive Its Crazy Mega-Construction Boom?

Before the Great Recession, Dubai built some truly flamboyant real estate projects, including the world's tallest buliding and an archipelago of man-made islands. Now, the Emirate wants to return to the days of such massive projects, but this time around, financing will be much harder to come by.

Monument or Tombstone for Dubai?

It's tempting to view the Burj Khalifa as a prefab artifact, ready-made for future archaeologists to pick over while muttering about hubris and failure. But despite the many experts ready to write Dubai's financial obituary, the emirate is far from dead.