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Funny considering that many Arabs (non-Royals) are among the richest persons in the world including the world's richest man - Carlos Slim Helu that is a son of Lebanese Christian Arabs.
In terms of business then Arabs are extremely competent and have been that since ancient times. Whenever Arabs lived outside of the Arab world they were very high in the social ladder in old times.
Funny considering that the GCC is the richest area in the world pr capita while the vast majority of East Asians and Indians (especially) live below the poverty line.
Comparing Americans makes no sense either nor actually Chinese or Indians. Also grouping all Arabs together makes no sense either since some Arab countries/areas are extremely rich while others are less so even though they can be neighboring countries.
The claim of Arabs being more interested in politics than must I also can't recognize.
I mentioned Commodities. They tend to have bad work ethics unlike East Asians and Jews. The Average GDP per Capita of GCC Nation would be similar to Yemen had it not been for Hydro-Carbons that was in demand. And Non-Oil/Mineral exports of Arab nations barely surpassed Finland in 2008-10. And Harvard University alone published more science journals article then GCC, Egypt and N.Africa put together. Individual entrepreneurs and millionaires don't matter in an Marco-Economic point of view. South Korea practically surpasses the Arab world and they used to export Maids to Kuwait in the 1970s/early 1980s like Philippines do today.