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Re:Norway is wealthy because of oil. Can it give up fossil f... by throwaway210222 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:25AM (#28582131)
It means that every midlle-clas person, and every foreign and local company in the developing world is obsessed with "getting their money out".

And this rational fear is becuase our currencies continue to devalue.

You did ask.

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Re:Norway is wealthy because of oil. Can it give up fossil f... by space_fountain on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @01:31PM (#28607419)
No that's interesting and seems possible. I'm not sure which way the causality works. I think I haven't really seen great examples of isolationism working for development, but maybe some combination of capital controls and confidence in the countries trajectory are helpful
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