I want to know the answer to the following question:
Why did living standards decline in 1980s Libya?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Biographers Blundy and Lycett believed that under the first decade of Gaddafi's leadership, life for most Libyans "undoubtedly changed for the better" as material conditions and wealth drastically improved, while Libyan studies specialist Lillian Craig Harris remarked that in the early years of his administration, Libya's "national wealth and international influence soared, and its national standard of living has risen dramatically.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no