The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations by Michael L. Ross

The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations

Michael L. Ross

289 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative slow-paced
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Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, Michael L. Ross looks a...

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