A calculation error is the most likely explanation, imo.

Also a 20% cost overrun doesn’t even need to mean corruption…20% on a building project the size of a starport is practically a rounding error :-)

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/business-economics/bill-of-goods-the-world-s-biggest-boondoggles-4335/


On Nov 9, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Alex Goodwin <alex.goodwin@multitel.com.au> wrote:

So was the example in GT: Starports just in error?

On 10/11/2014 1:38 PM, Ian Whitchurch wrote:
Using either "Interesting local geology" or "Corrupt local contractors" to explain the apparent 20% cost overruns would be my favorite answers.


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