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The world's weirdest economies

Economic oddities from around the globe
Tuvalu
Tuvalu: internet domain moneyspinner
Tuvalu: key government funding source
Djibouti
Djibouti: trading conduit for Ethiopia
Djibouti: threats to the economic mainstay
Guyana
Guyana: the oil bonanza in numbers
Guyana: spending the proceeds wisely
Norway
Norway: oil economy stewardship
Norway: economic paradoxes
Ireland
Ireland: heaven for multinationals
Ireland: mutual benefits
New Zealand
New Zealand: dairy price effect
New Zealand: milk's economic importance
Bhutan
Bhutan: gross domestic happiness
Bhutan: flourishing economy
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Economic oddities from around the globe

Some of the planet's economies are downright bizarre. Did you know, for example, that one nation makes most of its money from an internet domain name? 

From an economy skewered by multinationals to one that's massively affected by the price of milk, read on to discover seven of the world's most unusual economies.

All dollar amounts in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

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Daniel Coughlin

06 December 2024

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