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by NeuNeurosis 1988 days ago
This is called the Resource Trap. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/resource-curse.asp
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I don't see any mention of how in reality its because the profits are cordoned off by a select few. Consider the Alaska Permanent fund - Appalachia and its industry could provide for its poor, but it doesn't.
Being Dutch, I am surprised the article doesn't mention the Dutch disease.

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