tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3816628824032559252..comments2024-03-28T09:56:06.298-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Hugo ChavezitisGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-30196561572365501852013-02-17T22:04:18.444-05:002013-02-17T22:04:18.444-05:00Gahhhh. The resource curse happens when a country ...Gahhhh. The resource curse happens when a country has nothing *but* the raw resource in question, and in particular when it relies on foreigners to extract and process the resource: the only thing the country in question does is sit back and collect royalties. Unearned wealth is the resource curse, not wealth in itself.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-3985665504327166892013-02-11T21:17:21.924-05:002013-02-11T21:17:21.924-05:00Norway has discovered lots of new resources. Why ...Norway has discovered lots of new resources. Why are there no concern trolls about what the Norwegians will do.<br /><br />The oversimplification is that many on the left dislike market competition because they don't get status that way, other people do. But they like government intervention and more socialist policies because their skills - and thus their status - accords with that.<br /><br />Self-interest.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-9533024042029294252013-02-11T16:17:24.921-05:002013-02-11T16:17:24.921-05:00Dr. Mead has been engaging this last year or so. ...Dr. Mead has been engaging this last year or so. I'm not sure if I agree with his general argument, but I've enjoyed watching him develop it.<br />Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com