Another view on the "Dutch disease"

For some time, we have been discussing the "Dutch disease" - for example our mining boom has sucked resources from other industries such as farming -

http://davidreesconsulting.blogspot.com.au/search?q=dutch+disease

Here is another example - in this case called the "paradox of plenty".
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/05/avoiding-resource-curse-kenya-2014517115053638503.html

This explains the social difficulties that can arise from a resource discovery. Note the source of this story was "Aljazeera" - one way for another perspective on news stories.

Meanwhile, the concerns we felt about perverse effects of the mining boom are increasingly becoming evident in the Australian economy.