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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by longlivedeath on Thursday August 08, 2019 @08:16PM (#20650237)
A century ago it was the world's 10th wealthiest state per capita. Right now it tops the list of the upper middle-income group, so is almost a high-income country, and per capita is richer than, for example, Russia.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by kmlx on Friday August 09, 2019 @08:07AM (#20653529)
Exactly. It went from a rich nation to a poor nation, to default, back to poor and free markets, then to progress then again back to the IMF. It’s a classical basket case country.
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