Iran earns hundreds of billions of oil a year, why are the people poor?
Everyone knows that Iran is a big oil country, and it makes a lot of money every year from oil. But the strange thing is that the life of the ordinary people in Iran does not seem to be easy, so what is going on? Let me reveal the secret.
First, most of the oil revenues go into the pockets of the government. In Iran, the oil industry is basically a state-owned monopoly, and the money it makes naturally goes into the government's pockets. In this way, the money that the common people can share is pitiful.
Second, the government is not very good at spending money. In Iran, the government spends most of its oil earnings on military and nuclear research. If you think about it, the cost of military spending and nuclear research is not small, so the welfare and infrastructure construction left for the common people are pitiful.
Again, corruption is also an important reason. In Iran, corruption has always been a rampant problem, and it is inevitable that some of the oil revenues will be pocketed by officials at all levels. If all this money can be used on the blade, then the life of the common people will definitely be much better.
Finally, there is another important reason for the single economic structure. Except for the oil industry, Iran's other industries are not very developed. As a result, if there is any volatility in the oil market, the Iranian economy will suffer. If the economy is not good, the life of the common people will naturally not be much better.
In short, although Iran earns hundreds of billions of dollars in oil every year, due to various reasons, the life of ordinary people is not easy. In order to truly let the people live a good life, the government must carefully ponder how to rationally allocate resources, how to develop other industries, how to deal with corruption, and so on.