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#187 Planet Money: Too Much Lithium Is Depressing

#187 Planet Money: Too Much Lithium Is Depressing

Planet Money vor 16 Jahren

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You remember the natural resource curse. It's the idea that being rich in natural resources -- oil, gold, lithium, whatever -- can actually harm a country's economic development.

On today's Planet Money, we talk to a couple economists who are pushing what sounds like a simple way to break the curse: Give the money directly to the people.

They recently took the idea on a road show to Africa, to try to convince a couple oil-rich countries to give it a try. It didn't go so well.