Simon's usage for spectacular projects or spending that advertise financial muscle even when they fail as ordinary investments.
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projection of power
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Simon suggests Saudi spectacle spending can itself be a projection of financial firepower and may matter more as signaling than as successful urban development.
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"...that is, I guess you could say, what is their projection of power? Their projection of power is the ability to show how much..."
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