The excellent
review of Jared Rubin`s book, "Rulers, Religion and Riches: Why the West Got
Rich and the Middle East Did Not", states that such "economic complexity" is
explained with "clarity and concision" (Review, 05/08/17). Strange, then, that
there appears to be no mention of the roles played by British and French
governments in the area since World War One. Support, overt or otherwise, for
autocratic rulers in the region, encouraging their accumulation of obscene
wealth, as long as their oil flowed westwards, whilst the people they rule live
in poverty, has to be regarded as an important a factor as the removal of
"religion out of politics" in the
west.
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