Marisa White Chapter 13 Question 6

The section that I found interesting/ learned more was the part that said "natural resources matter less than you think". I always thought that countries that had a lot of natural resources were the most successful. The book gives the example of Israel being the richest of the Middle Eastern countries even though it has no oil compared to Saudi Arabia. When explained further in the section it makes sense, I just had always assumed that countries that had the most natural resources to produce things would be the wealthiest.