U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan

Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by DTrejo on Monday June 14, 2010 @04:08AM (#1429169)

If anyone wants to read about how Norway avoided this: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/99680a04-92a0-11de-b63b-00144feabd...

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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by jessriedel on Monday June 14, 2010 @12:34PM (#1430123)

I've only skimmed the FT article, but isn't the simplest explanation that Norway was a westernized, relatively rich democracy unlike the other examples such as Saudi Arabia and Venezuela? Yes, Norway wasn't as rich in 1968 is it is now, but the relative disparity between Norway and the outside countries which wanted to exploit the oil wasn't nearly as great as the other examples.

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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by ananthrk on Monday June 14, 2010 @07:06AM (#1429338)

Thanks. The article was very good. You should submit that as a separate entry.

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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by DTrejo on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @09:24PM (#1434420)

Done :)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1434413

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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by binarycheese on Monday June 14, 2010 @12:38PM (#1430139)

This is really a good read. You should definitely submit it separately here on HN

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