Wealth in a resource-based economy is distributed much more unequally and more inefficiently.

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Iceland is a natural resource-based economy, with plenty of untapped natural resources and well educated workforce.

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This shift stems, in large part, from the movement from a predominately resource and tangible goods-based economy to an information-based one.

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