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Dick Durbin: the 'resource curse' affects [the United States] as well as producing countries. It exacerbates global poverty, which…

On the recordJuly 21, 2014
the 'resource curse' affects [the United States] as well as producing countries. It exacerbates global poverty, which can be a seedbed for terrorism, it empowers autocrats and dictators, and it can crimp world petroleum supplies by breeding instability.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights the negative impacts of resource mismanagement on global stability and security.

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