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Proserpina

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4. But they are eating their capital, the seed corn

Reply to leveymg (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 04:21 AM

Dec 2015

can't support generations of polygamous families, in the style they have become accustomed to, by depleting wealth.

I'm going back to bed. Nice chatting with you!

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The Coming Saudi Crack-up? By Daniel Lazare [View all] Proserpina Dec 2015 OP

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Saudi foreign reserves were estimated to be $900B leveymg Dec 2015 #3

But they are eating their capital, the seed corn Proserpina Dec 2015 #4

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Probably not in this case really. Chan790 Dec 2015 #7

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