http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html

I had always thought it seemed like a bad idea to base an economy on shopping.

"With Dubai’s economy in free fall, newspapers have reported that more than 3,000 cars sit abandoned in the parking lot at the Dubai Airport, left by fleeing, debt-ridden foreigners (who could in fact be imprisoned if they failed to pay their bills)."