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by YokoZar 4982 days ago
The resource curse is very real and well documented: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse

The only seeming exception I can think of is Norway, which has a highly unusual massive government savings program to deal with its oil wealth, and then only discovered that wealth fairly recently.

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Wow! Did not know that. Thank you for the link.
Canada.
Canada's oil resources are relatively new as well, I think.