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by the-dude 1992 days ago
The Netherlands is infamous for the Dutch disease, courtesy of our natural gas resources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_disease

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Correct me if I am wrong, but I think a vast majority of that money went to building bicycle and traffic infrastructure. We did not put it in the savings like Norway did.

We'll see soon how we will manage without that income - if they do actually shut down the fields.