<div>For the second time in not many weeks (following up, that is, on it weak story on southern Thailand, already discussed rather astutely by another contributor to this list), The New York Times offers up a sad example both of its own decline and of its regional correspondents' intellectual and journalistic lassitude. Not a single point or anecdote in Mr Fuller's article on Laos actually addresses the "capitalism" of its title. What are the sources of capital invested in the casinos and exporters mentioned in the article? Are their revenues _profits_ or _economic rents_? And party connections? Concessions and monopolies? Security of contracts and property? Not the stuff of travel writing, admittedly. But serious reporting on economic change in Laos ought to be, well, serious. </div>
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<div>Mike Montesano</div>
<div>ISEAS, Singapore</div>
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