Despite its self-aggrandisement, Dubai is not yet important enough to bring down the global financial system.

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In return, he needs to show that he really does have at heart the national interest rather than self-aggrandisement or self-enrichment.

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Investors have tried to limit managers' self-aggrandisement by linking their pay to share prices and granting them shares and share options.

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