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Re:Big Nerd Ranch needs a loan by Alex3917 on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @11:52PM (#1956855)
It also helps if you can wait until a period of enormous wealth inequality so that skilled labor is basically free.
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Re:Big Nerd Ranch needs a loan by jfb on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @11:57PM (#1956865)
Wait?
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Re:Big Nerd Ranch needs a loan by nikcub on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @05:02AM (#1957404)
Thats what Dubai and Abu Dhabi did.

Waited for the slave labour to arrive

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Re:Big Nerd Ranch needs a loan by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @12:01PM (#1958527)
I don't have data, but I suspect that labor costs these days are lower than they were back then due to a greater use of machinery. e.g., a foundation trench that would have taken a dozen men a week to dig with pickaxes, shovels and wheelbarrows can be done with one guy and a BobCat in a day.

Don't forget that technology offers massive leverage in construction.

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Re:Big Nerd Ranch needs a loan by SkyMarshal on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @01:35AM (#1957084)
Give it a year or so, if the Govt and Fed can't stave off deflation anymore, will be perfect timing then.
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