Welcome to The Frontier, a show that explores and explains the things that we wonder about world politics, world affairs and global news.

<p>Today we are starting a new season on this show. The topic for this week will be on The Origins of Wealth, giving an outlook on why some countries are prosperous and others stagnate. Today's episode will be on the 'Resource Curse'. Why does it happen? Does every nation suffer from it? How can we escape it? Tune in to find out!</p>

Today we are starting a new season on this show. The topic for this week will be on The Origins of Wealth, giving an outlook on why some countries are prosperous and others stagnate. Today's episode will be on the 'Resource Curse'. Why does it happen? Does every nation suffer from it? How can we escape it? Tune in to find out!