The risk they face is the economic equivalent of renal failure: inflation, a hollowing-out of the non-oil sector, and a young, growing workforce in chronic need of outside labour to supplement it.

• 他们面对的风险等同肾功能衰竭：通胀；中空的非石油相关行业；成长起来的年轻劳动力沉疴缠身，需要输入劳工为他们服务。