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Investing in the Nation’s Future: Why Congress Should Emulate Energy States’ Sovereign Wealth Funds
Introduction and summary “I have spoken of the rich years when the rainfall was plentiful. But there were dry years too, and they put a terror on the valley … And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during …