| Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s TV interview to launch Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 was an unprecedented event, where headline writers rushed to describe the details as a transformational plan to wean the country off oil. Most remarkable of the things said in that interview on April 25 was the deputy crown prince’s promise to end oil dependence by 2020 – in four short years.
How would this be achieved? Well, about US$100 billion of new taxes will be introduced by then, austerity would be into its fourth year, while Saudi Aramco’s transfer to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) would “make investments the source of Saudi government revenue, not oil"...............................................Full Article: Source
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