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The Resource Curse

A bad mix for Venezuela: oil and Chavez

by Scott Tong
Apr 12, 2016
The socialist president used oil revenue to buy support for his regime and now the country is suffering for it
Another barrio mural of Chavez. 
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The Resource Curse

How oil-rich Venezuela ended up with a miserable economy

by Scott Tong
Apr 5, 2016
A history of the Latin American country's resource curse.
Street art depicting the oil fields of Venezuela. 
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Local Money: The controversy over North Dakota 'man camps'

by Lizzie O'Leary
Apr 1, 2016
One city is banning temporary housing for oil employees .
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Saudi Arabia to create huge investment fund

by Amy Scott
Apr 1, 2016
Saudi Arabia wants to get out of the oil business, into other businesses
A picture taken on January 17, 2016 in the Saudi capital Riyadh shows a giant poster on a building bearing a portrait of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C), Crown Prince and Interior Minister Mohammed Bin Nayef (L) and Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed Bin Salman.
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Study finds that fracking contaminated a water supply

by Scott Tong
Mar 29, 2016
One of the biggest debates about fracking is whether it pollutes underground water supplies
A fracking site is situated on the outskirts of town in the Permian Basin oil field on January 21, 2016 in the oil town of Midland, Texas. 
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The Resource Curse

Venezuela's economy, as told by a hot dog

by Scott Tong
Mar 23, 2016
The story of a Pepito, a Venezuelan take on the hot dog, illustrates the country's economic problems.
Pepito vendors in Caracas, Venezuela. 
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Europe's oil capital feels the pinch

by Stephen Beard
Mar 22, 2016
The recent volatility in crude oil prices is a blow to Aberdeen, Scotland.
Ships are seen in Aberdeen Harbour, the busiest port for the oil industry in the UK, in Aberdeen, Scotland on January 21, 2015.
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Scottish city copes with the oil downturn

by Stephen Beard
Mar 22, 2016
One possible savior: dolphins.
A general view of an oil platform in the North Sea about 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland. 
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Saudi Arabia needs a loan. Really?

by Nova Safo
Mar 9, 2016
The oil-rich Gulf kingdom wants to borrow $6-8 billion as spending costs hit home
A Saudi banker displays the new one hundred riyal banknote bearing the portrait of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud at a bank in Riyadh
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Oil workers say their pay was stolen before the bust

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 8, 2016
New lawsuits claim companies didn't pay earned wages and overtime.
A truck used to carry sand for fracking is washed in a truck stop on February 4, 2015 in Odessa, Texas.
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