One town official said that, although drinking alcohol is illegal in Bangladesh, people often make cheap brews containing large amounts of methylated spirit.

BBC: Illegal alcohol deaths

More than a mere matter of building roads and bridges and increasing access to cheap energy, the WPA was about restoring a collective spirit, a shared stake, in constructing the sinews of a more competitive, prosperous country.

FORBES: New Geographer

But there can be no devaluation to make Greece a newly cheap destination, and harsh new taxes on business included in the government's austerity plan may kill the entrepreneurial spirit of those bold enough to try new things.

ECONOMIST: The Greek crisis