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What if your country’s biggest treasure turned into its worst curse? The “resource curse” explains why oil-rich nations often suffer from corruption, conflict, and economic instability—instead of prosperity. Governments grow authoritarian, money vanishes into secrecy, civil wars spike, economies crash when prices fall, and manufacturing gets crushed by inflation. It’s not just a theory—it’s a global pattern that turns natural wealth into national nightmares.

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