Oil Pumps Alaska's Economy to Twice the Size - But What's Ahead?
Oil money has driven most of the growth and paid for state government operations in Alaska for 40 years. We’ve all gotten used to that money, so it’s easy to underestimate how much of the state’s prosperity is built on oil. Think about this: without oil, the economy today would be only half the size...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/4146 2023-05-15T17:40:13+02:00 Oil Pumps Alaska's Economy to Twice the Size - But What's Ahead? Goldsmith, Oliver Scott 2011-02 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4146 en_US eng Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4146 Report 2011 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:36:09Z Oil money has driven most of the growth and paid for state government operations in Alaska for 40 years. We’ve all gotten used to that money, so it’s easy to underestimate how much of the state’s prosperity is built on oil. Think about this: without oil, the economy today would be only half the size. But now times are changing. The North Slope is producing just a third the oil it once did—and there’s a danger Alaskans will assume the state can keep going the way it is, without future oil development. Not true. Northrim Bank. Report north slope Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA |
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Oil money has driven most of the growth and paid for state government operations in Alaska for 40 years. We’ve all gotten used to that money, so it’s easy to underestimate how much of the state’s prosperity is built on oil. Think about this: without oil, the economy today would be only half the size. But now times are changing. The North Slope is producing just a third the oil it once did—and there’s a danger Alaskans will assume the state can keep going the way it is, without future oil development. Not true. Northrim Bank. |
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