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... is a different species of the same concern I had in my head about Australia when I wrote the above ... which is the primary non-renewable resource exports and what role that plays in the economy in current conditions ... which might argue for Sweden or New Zealand.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Dec 1st, 2007 at 03:42:32 PM EST
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Not sure I understand what you mean here...?
by Solveig (link2ageataol.com) on Sat Dec 1st, 2007 at 05:38:14 PM EST
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Australia has been going through a commodity export boom, and while I presume Norway's volume of oil exports are declining, that would be buffered to a certain extent by rising crude oil producers ...

... and I'd guess that even among high income countries, primary resource exporters seem likely to have a distinctive set of employment challenges and opportunities. They certainly do among low-income nations.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Dec 1st, 2007 at 06:42:57 PM EST
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