Yesterday, The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative published its acute food insecurity projection update for Lebanon, covering the...
Lebanon has been going through one of the worst socioeconomic impasses in recent history. The recent Israeli aggression on the...
After an extended period of inactivity and political paralysis, the Lebanese Parliament was back to holding meetings and discussing legislative issues. On the 15th of December, the parliament passed a historic law that establishes a comprehensive pension system for private sector workers and “fundamentally” reshapes the governance of the National...
Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned that by the end of the month, there will be an inability to...
With the country entering new levels of its accentuating crisis, Lebanon’s way out depends on the resolution of its current...
The pace of the Lebanese lira’s collapse against the dollar is accelerating, after it reached over 80,000 pounds to the dollar in the last few hours. While the decrease in value is unsurprising, these large jumps in devaluation make one believe the pound is endlessly plummeting. This idea is reinforced...
The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once said, “Inflation is just like alcoholism; in both cases, when you start...
After Lebanon and Israel finally approved their joint maritime border agreement, politicians have been rallying behind the ability of gas...
When a country’s living conditions deteriorate, poverty takes its middle classes by storm, dropping them in a quagmire of needs and destitution. In this situation, certain professions and trades prevail that secure barely enough nutrition for a small family, let alone a single member of this family. This is the...
On rent laws, investments, and gentrification in Lebanon’s capital.
The road to Lebanon’s economic recovery is long and winding, blocked by people with power who are protecting their own interests.
