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'End up?' What do you think the Saudi economy/society was like before the oil?

• return0 8y ago
  > Until the 1960s, most of the population was nomadic or seminomadic; due to rapid economic and urban growth, more than 95% of the population is now settled. you would expect that the massive population explosion, enrichment and urbanization would empower at least some liberalization some 3 generations later, or at least catch up with average middle east culture
  • joosters 8y ago
    Your quote describes a rapid economic growth, yet you were telling us the country had stagnated and gone backwards since the oil revenue came, in your first comment?
    • return0 8y ago
      i said society, not economy