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Show AQ The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, February 22, 1995 1776 WAS THE one?r OFt PF. THE SUPERZONE™IS THE SECOND. DAVID J. CANNON, FOUNDER OF THE SUPERZONE AND THE MIDEAST ECONOMIC COMMISSION (MEC), INVITES YOU TO A PROGRAM PRESENTING THE SUPERZONE, 1 KEY TO MIDEAST PEACE. THE SUPERZONE will be an entirely Community; 4. W Clausen, former President of the World Bank and head of BankAmerica; Younghoon Kwaak, one ofthe world’s leading urban planners; Nicolay Fyodorov, formerly Russian Ministerof Justice, head of the Moscow Barandcurrently President of the Chuvashia Republic; Nolan Clark, formerly Associate EPA Administrator and FTC policy head. } new system for organizing and & accelerating economicactivity in a stable,free-market, de-politicized framework,in bold contrastto politically controlled economiescrippled byspecial interests, high taxes, excessive regulation,official corruption and legal instability. The Superzonewill thus be the model for the 21st century, an optimal vehicle for the Information Age. Linked by uniform commercial rules and administration, the Superzoneswill achieve revolutionary synergies. Newly built on unused land the Superzoneswill contain all economicactivities. David J. Cannon, a former White House policy aide, began developing the Superzoneproject in 1987. SERREE HER ERE RE aay Queneeeagenene = | re economicstature and function as an on-site, free-market policy model. EQUITISM: THE POST-CAPITALIST ERA. Transcendingsocialism andcapitalism, the Superzone SUPPORTING PEACE IN THE MIDEAST.The will integrate free enterprise and social equity, granting greatest obstacle to peace in the Mideast is poverty. business unprecedented freedom and workersa direct However, because normal patterns of economic growth interestholding in the Superzone, a permanent would require many decadesto create the jobs necessary economicstake or inheritance. Thus, “Equitism,” forstability, accelerative mechanismslike the Superzone recognizes the dignity ofall persons while allowing for are needed. In view ofthe region's divisiveness, marketrigors. Peoplewill thus be greatly incentivized the Superzone must be managed by an impartial, to increase the Superzone’s productivity, cleanliness, intermediary, nongovernmental bodylike the MEC. safety and beauty. Class strife, widely present in the A DEVOLUTION REVOLUTION. As 1776 devolved Theprogressive atmosphereof the Superzonewill politicized economies, will be greatly reduced. political power from government (the monarch)to the spawngrowing commoninterests and partnerships. people,the Superzone devolves economic powerfrom BecauseIsrael's economyis larger thanits neighbors’, AN ECO-ZONE AND TECHNOPOLIS. As the governmentto the people, removing economic control Superzones are needed to expeditetheir growth to politically controlled economies move the world from politicians and directly empowering people to define redress this economic imbalance. toward greater ecologicaldisaster, the Superzoneswill and carry out their own economicchoices, determining and movein the opposite direction. Being built and shaping their materialdestiny. The ensuing prosperity SOMEAREAS WILL RIVAL SINGAPORE, The operated on ecologically sound principles will unleash massive advancesin science and education Mideasthas stupendouspotential for economicsuccess: (e.g. no gasoline engines, “smart,” energy-efficient and provide more timefor cultural and family vast talent, natural resources and capital; supportive infrastructure, revolutionary “green”living and development. diasporas, multifaceted tourist attractions, affordable industrial designs, Information Ageorientation, etc.), labor pools, strategic location and strong the Superzoneswill develop vastly improved ecological WHATIS THE MEC? The MECis a nonprofit, entrepreneurialspirit. Aided by Superzones, various areas practices. Utilizing Information Age concepts and nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization, headquartered canrival the record of Singapore, which rose from a technologies, the Superzone will change not only the in the Washington, D.C.area,established to oversee quiet port town to becomea world-class economyin natureofwork, production and communication, but the the planning,construction and managementof a only 15 years. very methods ofinteracting with the environment. New network of Superzones in the Mideast. business-education-technical instituteinterrelations AN ARAB-ISRAELI/HONG KONG-GUANGDONG will reinforce this. Ultimately creating more WORLD-CLASS PERSONNEL. Someof the persons ANALOGY.Once a peace structure exists, allowing capital-intensive jobs and “smart” technologies, the associated with the Superzone project implemented capital, goods and persons morefree regional Superzoneswill divert emphasis away from labor- and perhapsthelargest project in history, the newly built, movement,anylingering hostility can be expressed in land-intensive activities, therebyrelieving the growing $50-plusbillion city ofJubail, Saudi Arabia. A few the intensity of economicchallenge. Afterall, Hong stress on the environment. advisors or contributors to the Superzoneproject are Kongexploded with growth amid Guangdong’s Joe Anderson, former Senior Vice Presidentof Bechtel, hostility, and the spread of economic opportunity THE COMMUNITARIAN SUPERZONE. Before (he headed theJubail project); Dr. Nicolas Barletta, rapidly transformed Guangdongintoa partner. gaining entry to the Superzone,individuals and former Vice Presidentof the World Bank and President Propelled by the Superzones, the Arab-Israeli economy can companies mustcontracttolive by its progressive rules of Panama; AmbassadorRichard Stone, former U.S. achieve growth like the Hong Kong-Guangdong economy. such as racial andreligious tolerance, ecological Senator (D.-Fla.); Henry Fowler, former U.S. Secretary responsibility, educational achievement andso forth. of the Treasury; James C. Miller, former senior cabinet BENEFITS TO THE HOST NATION. The Superzone This contractual, de novo system will thus member (OMB) and FTC Chairman; Hernando will greatly increase the host nation’s capital investment, open entire new prospects for improving DeSoto, world famous economist; Dr. Richard Lesher, job-creation, high technology, hard currency reserves, human relations and corporate President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; /vanSilayev, international business linkages and modern worker responsibility and help build head ofthe top Russian high-tech body, former Russian training systems. Some Superzonerevenues will go to structures of peace and cooperation Prime Minister and Ambassadorto the European the host government andwill fund permanenttrusts in divided regionslike the Mideast. B A N Q U €E T A February 28, 1995 - The University Park Hotel-Bonneville Ballroom Reception 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:30 Program 8:30 RSVP 801-488-2106, $15 perperson (black tie optional) SPEAKERS “ flowingto the people, improving education, health and the environment,andseedfundinglocalentrepreneurs. The Superzonewillraise the hostnation’s international N OD P R O G R A M AMBASSADOR MICHAEL YOUNG - VICE CHAIRMAN, MIDEAST ECONOMIC COMMISSION World-wide Trade Policies Leading to the Superzone Professor, Columbia Law School; former top Ambassador for the U.S. State Department, representing it in the NAFTAtalks. DavibJ. CANNON - CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER, MIDEAST ECONOMIC COMMISSION RICHARD STAUFFER - VICE CHAIRMAN, MIDEAST ECONOMIC COMMISSION served on the White Housestaff as a SeniorPolicy Analyst. Former Chief Economist of Bechtel; one ofthe leading development economistsin the The Superzone as a Modelfor the 21st Centu Economy Formertopassistant to the Chairman ofthe Federal Trade Commission; The Role ofthe Superzones in Expediting Mideast Economic Development world; plannedoneofthefirst free economic zones ever built ( Masan, South Korea). HONORED GUESTS: AHMEDA. JADALLAH - WENDELL ASHTON - JOEL B. Dusow - MIKHAIL KOURIATCHEV |