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عزة الحاج حسن

Lira plummets to 80,000 LBP, citizens react in anger

The pace of the Lebanese lira’s collapse against the dollar is accelerating, after it reached over 80,000 pounds to the...
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Ali Tfaili

Is the US in a Recession and Why Should You Care?

The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once said, “Inflation is just like alcoholism; in both cases, when you start...
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عزة الحاج حسن

Can gas extraction save Lebanon from its financial collapse?

After Lebanon and Israel finally approved their joint maritime border agreement, politicians have been rallying behind the ability of gas extraction to save Lebanon from its financial collapse. Yet the fact remains that Lebanon has not entered the oil-producing countries’ club, as gas and petroleum will not be the magic...
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عزة الحاج حسن

How poverty trades became popular in Lebanon

When a country’s living conditions deteriorate, poverty takes its middle classes by storm, dropping them in a quagmire of needs...
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Jad El Dilati

Why do Beirut’s apartments remain empty?

On rent laws, investments, and gentrification in Lebanon’s capital.
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Beirut Today

The long and winding road to Lebanon’s economic recovery

The road to Lebanon’s economic recovery is long and winding, blocked by people with power who are protecting their own interests.
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Karem Monzer

What would you do if you woke up as Riad Salameh?

Beirut Today

Mohamad Faour on restructuring Lebanon’s banking sector and the fate of depositors | Beirut Talks

And the fate of depositors' savings.
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Laudy Issa

Lebanon’s deadly roads have become even more unforgiving

“If the accident doesn’t kill us, the road will,” said Lena Gebrane, VP of Kunhadi.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Alfa VS Touch: Citizens Are The Losers

The start of July marked the rise of the telecoms prices of “Alfa” and “Touch,” at a time when private...
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TK Maloy

Lebanon’s banks begin strike over “populist, harmful stances” against sector

The Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) announced in a statement Friday that the banking sector would go on strike...
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TK Maloy

World Bank: The extended car wreck of the Lebanese economy

In a damning report released Wednesday, the World Bank slammed Lebanon’s post-civil war public finance system for its long-term departure from orderly and disciplined fiscal policy; missed opportunities to protect most depositors, and “a collapse in already weakened basic public services.” The IMF report added that the ongoing near collapse...
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