Contributor

Michael L. Ross

Contributor

Michael L. Ross

United States

Michael L. Ross is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)....

His work has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Harper’s, as well as leading academic journals; his most recent book is The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Shapes the Development of Nations (Princeton University Press, 2012).

The Beginning and End of the Oil Curse?

By Michael L. Ross

For the last thirty years, good geology has led to bad politics.

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Michael L. Ross

Michael L. Ross

Articles by Michael L. Ross

The Beginning and End of the Oil Curse?