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The Intelligence from The Economist

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The Gulf States Are Trying to Diversify Their Economies

It's out of self interest and competition between the gulf states, all of them right now are trying to diversify these economies that for decades have been based on oil and gas wealth. Despite the recent spike in oil prices, there's a growing realization here that that money is not going to last forever. And i think this effort to naturalize talented, wealthy foreigners is of a piece with those changes.

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