Comments on Lebanon’s economic & political crisis in The Telegraph, Oct 9 2021

10 October, 2021
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Dr. Nasser Saidi’s comments appeared in an article in The Telegraph titled “Lebanon on life support” on 9th October 2021.

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Former economy minister Nasser Saidi has said that “Lebanon is that rare combination of an experienced Kleptocracy and a Kakistocracy” – ruled by an elite that is both corrupt and incompetent – that pulled off the “greatest Ponzi scheme in history”.

 

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