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An incisive look at the global economic crisis, our flawed response, and the implications for the world’s future prosperity.The Great Recession, as it has come to be called, has impacted more people worldwide than any crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed government policy and unscrupulous personal and corporate behavior in the United States created the current financial meltdown, which w…

Escaping the resource curse : Berkelit dari Kutukan Sumber Daya Alam

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

978-979-17013-0-3

Collation

xviii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series Title

Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia (Series)

Call Number

[POL-LIB-547]

Escaping the resource curse

The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising and sobering consequences of this wealth, producing what is now known as the "resource curse." Countries with large endowments of natural resources, such as oil and gas, often do worse than their poorer neighbors. T…