NEOM Project - Saudi Arabia

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24-4-16 Neom - Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City - Boyle > . skip > .

24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .

23-8-11 Saudi Arabia's Challenging Geography - Real > .
23-7-22 Saudi Arabia’s Catastrophic “Everything” Problem - Real > .

23-7-20 [Dumb, Impractical, Unlikely] Saudi Arabia's Line - OBF > .

22-10-11 Gulf States, "Dutch Disease", Big Dumb Mega Projects | EcEx > .

22-8-26 The Saudi prince: how dangerous is MBS? - Economist > .

22-8-24 NEOM Is The Parody Of The Future - Adam > .

22-6-30 Why Saudi Arabia Is Building an Octagonal Floating City - OBF > .
22-3-25 Neom: Saudi Arabia's AI Megacity - Mega > . skip ad > .

22-3-17 Why The Middle East Won't Survive Without Oil - OBF > .

22-4-20 The $5BN Mega Resort in the Desert - B1M > .

21-3-3 Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Linear City - neo > .

Geopolitics of Saudi Arabia - CaRe > .

History of Saudi Arabia - CaRe > .

The Line & Saudia Arabia's Water Scarcity - Terra > .

Saudi Arabia's Oil Problem - Wendover > .

2021 Will Saudi Arabia Recognise Israel? - KJ R > .

2021 The End of Oil, Explained | Vox + Netflix > .

Doomed Economies - Buck >> .

Fanciful Projects - Armor >> .

Oil - Curse - Penny Wyse >> .

Sand, Oil, Drought - Weighs >> .

Saudi Arabia - Graydations >> .

> Saudi Arabia >>

0:00 - 2:33 Intro
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3:24 - 6:06 Dutch disease
6:07 - 10:25 Rybezynski's theorem
10:26 - 11:49 Dependence on oil
11:50 - 12:48 Norway example
12:49 - 13:50 Sovereign wealth funds
13:51 - 16:10 Mega projects
16:11 - 17:19 Tourism
17:20 Attracting businesses

In January 2021, Saudi Arabia announced an immense new development project, that is supposed to set a blueprint for the future of the country and the world. The country will build a city, that stretches along a single 100 mile long line.

Petro-Economies & Middle East ..