Escaping the Oil Curse

Wednesday 05/04/2005

Economists Nancy Birdsall and Arvind Subramanian discuss their novel, "Escaping the Oil Curse," in which they postulate that countries dependent on oil revenue develop more slowly and have weaker political institutions.

People in this video: Nancy Birdsall Arvind Subramanian

Category: World Politics Business

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