Saifedean Ammous is a lecturer in economics at the Lebanese American University.
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Commentaries by Saifedean Ammous
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Blaming Capitalism for Corporatism
NEW YORK – The future of capitalism is again a question. Will it survive the ongoing crisis in its current form? If not, will it transform i…
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Mubarak’s Odious Debts
NEW YORK – A glance at Egypt’s public finances reveals a disturbing fact: the interest that the country pays on its foreign loans is larger …
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Now For An Arab Economic Revolution
BEIRUT – Revolution across the Arab world has forced the region’s peoples and governments to grapple with the need for change. Years of scle…
Blaming Capitalism for Corporatism
James Scott: Sir, you have some very well thought ideas, My research has lead me to believe that the rise of modern Corporatism can followed back to WWI. In 1928 the “Red Line” Agreement was signed this later mor…
Blaming Capitalism for Corporatism
William Wallace: You describe a state of affairs yet offer no argument as to how or why corporatism arises. You dismiss the counter-arguments without presenting them, such as the success of China's mercantilism (at le…