
The hydrocarbon emirate and the origins of its sovereign funds.
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How the Gulf monarchies' cheap domestic energy became their central fiscal problem.
The political-risk case that the Gulf monarchies will not last.
How Dubai became a centre for business and luxury, and the migrant labour beneath it.
Dubai governed openly as a company, and what that means for those who invest there.
The emirate's development model and its structural dependencies.
How oil revenue let rulers buy out the merchant families; the origin of the modern business elite.
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