What determines whether or not a country has a good economy?

>>2891395
Neoliberalism brings economic prosperity.

Economy is a spook. People need happiness, however they get that through money so that's why it's necessary.

investment grade, controlled inflation, access to markets etc.

>>2891395
Resource wells and the ability to utilize these wells and transport them to in demand areas

>>2891569
DR Congo would fit that perfectly

>>2891401
this, it turns insignificant country's into economic powerhouses

Working population vs non-working population, higher the ratio, the better.

Goods produced per capita and overall
Higher the number, the better it is.

Amount of capital reinvestment and growth rate year after year.

As well as number of college educated people.

>>2891401
Depends on the country I guess
Chile was a success while Argentina failed miserably

>>2891395
Deal making

>>2891395
up to 1492 AD it was agriculture, if you could grow a lot of staple crops you'd have a thriving civilization there

up to about 1650 it was trade/tech, if your agrarian civilization was exposed to the latest technology you'd have a decent gunpowder state going and wouldn't get cucked

from 1650 to 1950 it was a shift from trade/tech to manufacturing, if the conditions were good for industry you woul be prosperous, generally temperate grain producing regions with good access to sea trade and security and overtake polities with territory less favored by merchants and capitalists

from 1950 onwards it depended on security and connection to global trade due to new technology making the world smaller