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I'd stumbled across the happy story of Botswana a while ago - really have to look into this one a bit more in depth. Succession alone seems a bit too simple.

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Daron Acemoglu, a well regarded economist, has used it as an example of a string national economy

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Preliminary research has yielded a decent number of papers on how and why Botswana avoided the resource curse/dutch disease, which i find puzzling as well. Maybe somewhere in there there's a cure for my cynical world view!

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If String Theory economics doesn't yet exist, me and Wikipedia shall remedy this oversight !

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according to Mr. jimmy wiki string theory may be compatible with dark matter.

that's like dark money.

Or derivatives.

I'm halfway to fame, my Nobel prize and the economists slush fund.

I owe it all to your typo.

The Gods moved your finger.

Praise to the Gods.

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You mean Strong right?

Not kidding.

I went searching for String National Economy.

If that exists IтАЩm intrigued.

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We've had several Botswanan grad students come through my Department. All down to earth, and get the job done. Ghanaians and Nigerians also do the job, but maybe a bit more elitist. I would consider living in Botswana, seems like a friendly place.

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