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what was interesting, is that those governments that were armed with lots and lots of oil money, were much more effective at putting down demonstrators. they were able to keep funding their militaries. able to cope army officers loyal to their side. bribes. sometimes they blanketed the countryside with cash and promises of cash projects. and the places where people really did have breakthroughs, like in tunisia and egypt, are places where governments don t have those resources. and people, consequently, are more empowered. food for thought, professor, to say the least. thank you for your time and articulating your analysis so well. the book is called the oil curse. how petroleum shapes the nation. interesting in learning between those who handle it well and those that don t. speaking of those solving these
revolutions don t result in improvements in those areas? it s very unlikely that these revolutions are going to result in significant rises in living standards for people in the middle east. the middle east is an economic mess. it has the oil curse, which means that the governments don t modernize, it has huge unemployment, very high illiteracy rates, very poor education levels. so this is not going to end well in purely economic terms. but i think one of the lessons of these last few weeks have been, is that men are not moved by bread alone, men and women. you know, that a lot of the demands are for dignity, for freedom, to be treated like citizens, not subjects. and i think that is wrapped up with some of these other issues. and had there been more economic economic or social progress, people would have cared. but it is one of the most affirming things to see about, you know, human beings. that they do care about how they are treated, even if the economics are working out fine. bah