Wouldn’t a meaningful study of Saudi Arabia include the house of Saud? Anecdotals suggest the House of Saud itself has exploded in size. Supposedly at a rate

Wouldn’t a meaningful study of Saudi Arabia include the house of Saud? Anecdotals suggest the House of Saud itself has exploded in size. Supposedly at a rate far greater that House of Saud’s revenue streams. Petrodollar recycling programs often in the form of western arms contracts are a way for the House of Saud and insiders to “clip the ticket” on big dollar contracts. The multidecade Al Yamamah contract worth tens of billions with UK defence industry saw a corruption investigation stopped as a “matter of nationa, security” due to Saudi pressure. In commerce, financial reporting often includes “same store sales” for retail and restaurants. I wonder if “average Saudi Prince kickback/revenue generated” would be a valid metric? I suspect kickback revenue per member of the House of Saud has been in the decline.