Sure, but maybe instead of building a indoors ski slopes in the middle of the desert, you invest that money into creating world class research institutes, creat

Sure, but maybe instead of building a indoors ski slopes in the middle of the desert, you invest that money into creating world class research institutes, create educational system and promote science. Then maybe you would start inventing technologies that will push your country ahead. They could have created businesses based on solar tech and export it to the world. Thats what China did, and it worked out miracles for them. Acquiring knowledge instead of buying ready solutions.