One way to read the best-known paper of the new Nobelists is that when wealth comes mainly from resource extraction, elites have no interest in the general welfare. A quick and dirty plot of natural resource share of state GDP v life expectancy. ND an outlier, but still
Birds flying high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
I'm feeling good.