Introduction to the Second Edition ---- I. MEMORIES OF T H E PAST. 1. Stages on a Long journey --- 2. Let's Go Back to the Beginning --- 3. Key Petroleum Conferences --- 4. Refining and Trading --- 5. The Ruba al-Khali (The Empty Quarter) --- 6. Conference on International Economic Cooperation, Paris March 1975-June 1977 ---- II. GAS IN SAUDI ARABIA. 7. Two Stories and a Crucial Lesson --- 8. The Start of the Master Gas Plan --- 9. Petrochemical Projects Dependent on Associated Gas Derivatives --- 10. Gas Production and Domestic Consumption ---- III. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA. 11. Theoretical Study of the Political Framework for Development --- 12. The Islamic System in the Modern Age --- 13. The Islamic Framework --- 14. The Theoretical Economic Framework --- 15. Social and Economic Theories: How to Transform the Economies of Underdeveloped Countries and Make Them Fully Developed --- 16. The Process of Choice --- 17. Stagnation and Growth in Saudi Arabia --- 18. The Applied Political Framework --- 19. Saving Strategies for a Rainy Day ---- IV. THE BEST COMES AT THE END. 20. The Best Comes at the End --- 21. Evolution of the World Economy