Colonial Exploitation Did Not Fuel the West's Economic Development (2020)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/colonial-exploitation-did-not-fuel-wests-economic-development

By Lipton Matthews
> The West did not need resources from “Third World” colonies to attain economic development.

It may be that they were not necessary, but the stronger point is that they were not sufficient to explain the West's growth.

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