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How did Venezuela become an economic basket case? Not socialism. Or capitalism. Venezuela is a textbook example of a petrostate in the thrall of the Paradox of Plenty, or "the Dutch Disease."
Bonus: Norway's Big Bucket of Oil Money
https://www.thepoliticalorphanage.com/p/bonus-norways-big-bucket-of-oil-money
Why Trump Wants Greenland
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