In today's timeline, we can see that the most valuable economic resource is stability, not even oil.
Economies who don't offer stability, irrespective of natural resource are experiencing; migration, a reduction in the use of indigenous currency, businesses are starting to eliminate long term plans for short term, a reduction in capital expenditure and investment, and a fall in productivity.
Economic productivity depends more on productivity than in resources.
A stable country with fewer resources will surely out perform one richer with resources, as we've seen with countries of the world. In comparison a country like Belgium with fewer resources is outperforming a supposedly oil rich nation like Nigeria.
Trust is surely starting to be an economic resource.
You are going far to using economical problems for your example, people may not understand that clearly. Lets bring it low. It's far more harder for who earns once yearly that those who earns little amount weekly. Those that waits for one time payment in a year is actually suffering and may hit the rock button of becoming exusted waiting for a big sum that comes ones in a year.
Consistent drop of funds keeps you easy going, makes you to obey the flow of money in a natural manner. It's disrespectful to be starving oneself hoping to finally be happy when large sum of money lands.
It's more better for a consistent drop of resource that yearly drop of the resources.