>
> Yeah, but natural resource endowments are often a
> "curse," as they
> say. They don't generate real industrial or social
> development;
> instead, they often create a corrupt, parasitical
> elite that leaves
> the lucky country polluted and poor.
>
> Doug
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It's our (Russia's) curse -- the richest country on earth in terms of natural resources, yet the people are poor.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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