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A resource-based economy is a term used for the economy of a country whose gross national product or gross domestic product to a large extent comes from natural resources.

For example Suriname, is depending on the export of Bauxite, which accounts for more than 15% of GDP and 70% of export earnings. Russian export is for more than 80% based on oil, natural gas, metals and timber. Norway depends on the export of oil and gas, that forms 45% of total exports and constitute more than 20% of the GDP.

Alternative use

The Venus Project, the Zeitgeist Movement and the Technocracy Movement use the term resource-based economy (RBE) or post scarcity to mean a holistic socio-economic system in which all resources become the common heritage of all the inhabitants of the planet. In an RBE, money, exchange, debt, credit, barter, (or any other system of debt or servitude), private property and the profit motive would serve no purpose and all human needs such as food, goods, services, etc. are provided free of charge. The premise upon which this system is based is that the Earth is abundant with plentiful resources, and thus our practice of rationing resources through monetary methods is irrelevant and counter productive to our survival.

References

1. Twaddell, Hannah (2007). Best practices to enhance the transportation-land use connection in the rural United States. Retrieved 13-3-2012. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) p.26
2. CIA - World Factbook Suriname
3. Ellman, Michael (2006). Russia's oil and natural gas: bonanza or curse?. Retrieved 13-3-2012. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) p.191
4. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Norway 2011. 2011. Retrieved 3-13-2012. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) p.60
5. ^ "Resource Based Economy". The Venus Project.
6. ^ "The Zeitgeist Movement: Envisioning A Sustainable Future". Huffington Post. Mar 16, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
7. "They've Seen the Future and Dislike the Present". New York Times. 2009-03-16.
8. A dream worth having, Rhonda Swan, The Palm Beach Post, April 30, 2009
9. Translation from Hebrew to English of Imagine, original Hebrew article by Tzaela Kotler, Globes (Israel), March 18, 2010.
10. Translation from Hebrew to English of The Filmmaker Who Helped Recruit Millions for the Global Protests of the Bottom 99%, original Hebrew article by Asher Schechter, TheMarker (Israel), January 19, 2012.
11. Accounting For Nature: Moving Toward Resource-Based Economics, by the Technocracy Movement. Retrieved March-25, 2012
12. Technate Design - An idea for now, by the Technocracy Movement. Retrieved March-25, 2012. Proposes moving toward Resource-Based Economics by objectively analyzing and applying the scientific method to the socio-economic structure, instead of the outmoded monetary structure, or price system.

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