This is not, of course, the first time that the discovery of resources in an undeveloped country has led to riches for a few rather than greater prosperity for all. Teodoro Obiang, the dictator of tiny, oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, has an official salary of $60,000, but owns six private jets and a $35 million house in Malibu, as well as other houses in Maryland and Capetown and a fleet of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Bentleys.
一个穷国发现了矿产资源却只养肥了少数人的事例早就不是什么新鲜事了。特奥多·罗奥比昂这位产油小国赤道几内亚的独裁者只有6万美元正式年薪，却拥有6架私人飞机，一间在马里布市价值350万美元的豪宅，同时在马里兰和开普敦等地还拥有多处房产以及一大堆林宝坚尼，法拉利和本特利名车。