Although she is excited by the model's potential, she insists it's no magic bullet.
Markets achieve their full potential, McMillan insists, only if the government is providing infrastructure.
"There are concerns about whether the firm has done sufficient research about potential targets," insists Zhu Lei of Jiaotong University in Shanghai.
An economist's world tour: the Dutch flower market in Aalsmeer and the centuries-old camel fair of Rajasthan, India, are two examples of McMillan's enthusiasm for free markets, which achieve their full potential, he insists, only if the government provides the necessary infrastructure.
Other potential challengers insist it is nothing personal.
In a joint news conference in Amman tonight, the Jordanian foreign minister, Marwan Muasher, gave the secretary another potential headache, insisting on "a specific and time-lined plan of action," though he did not elaborate.
With both men on board, it was a relatively simple matter to raise the film's budget, of around $4m, even if one potential backer insisted that Crazy Heart should be shot in Canada, to save money.
"They're more like little sisters than potential girlfriends," he insists.
Mr. Kaiser calls potential donors "targets," but insists that he avoids "brute force" to get them to give.
But David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, which opened a secondary school last September, insists the potential benefits of university free schools are huge.
