[ninalanyon]

When it comes to resources Norway and the Netherlands are radically different. But it's in how the resources were used not in whether they existed. The Dutch had a lot of North Sea gas but they, like the UK, squandered the income from it. Norway was lucky to avoid what has become known as the Dutch disease partly because Norway was later to the party.

[apexalpha]

Squandered is a bit much be built the Delta works, among others things.

There's more than one way to invest money. Though I agree they could've put at least some of it in the stock market like Norway.

[ninalanyon]

Yes, on reflection I should have tried harder to think of a somewhat less inflammatory word.