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How to Bankrupt a Country
Casual Scholar: How the World's Richest Country Bankrupted Itself
How to Bankrupt a Country
Casual Scholar: How the World's Richest Country Bankrupted Itself
Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fx0dVpA4k8
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
How the World's Richest Country Bankrupted Itself
Casual Scholar
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Nov 30, 2023
#History #Nauru #Economics
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How a tiny Pacific island became the world's richest country, only to lose it all.
Contents of this video
- 0:00 The Nation that Lost Everything
- 4:44 A Not So Pleasant Island
- 7:52 A Stinky Discovery
- 9:30 Turning an Island into Fertilizer
- 13:06 The Richest Country on Earth
- 16:35 How to Bankrupt a Country
- 22:27 The Prison Colony’s Prison Colony
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