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Michael Hudson and Jeffrey Sommers: The End of the Washington Consensus

In these circumstances, what is to be done? First, countries outside the United States need to recognize how dysfunctional the neoliberalized world economy has been made, and to decide which assumptions underlying the neoliberal model must be discarded.

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- In these circumstances, what is to be done? First, countries outside the United States need to recognize how dysfunctional the neoliberalized world economy has been made, and to decide which assumptions underlying the neoliberal model must be discarded. Its preferred tax and financial policies favor finance over industry and, hence, financial maneuvering and asset-price inflation over tangible capital formation. Its anti-labor austerity policies and un-taxing of real estate, stocks and bonds divert resources away from growth and rising living standards.
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Some scholars suggest that resources such as petroleum have a 'curse' attached to them, whereby they encourage corruption. However, others argue that the problem is not the particular resource but the destructive capitalist structures in which the resource is exploited.

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Arabica Robusta's List: resource curse?

Angola mulling Norway-style oil fund -report | Industries | Financial Services & Real Estate | Reuters

Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports, Blogs, Photos, Videos - Kenya begins drilling for oil in two weeks

ZNet - Resource Wars

Michael Hudson and Jeffrey Sommers: The End of the Washington Consensus

The Spoils - Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil - Series - NYTimes.com

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