
Domestic energy subsidies as the Gulf's central fiscal problem.
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How Abu Dhabi's oil wealth built the emirate and gave rise to its sovereign funds.
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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