Economics & Policy

Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel laureate who received the prize in 2001 for his work in economics. He held the post of senior vice president and chief economist at the …

    Oil has been interchangeably called “black gold” and the “devil’s excrement,” having both enriched the coffers of nations and pit them at war; it creates the capital for …

Being stopped at an army checkpoint is a regular feature of Lebanese life, largely endured without complaint as a necessary condition for maintaining the country’s semblance of security. These checkpoints …

Entrepreneurial progress is made in a nation when leaders inspire, transform and generate jobs and opportunities. That means tax incentives for new businesses. In emerging markets, it also calls for …

  As we take a long hard look at Lebanese society, we cannot help but grimace at the prevalent corruption. It is a painful reality that corruption is deeply entrenched …

Politics and economics have always had an abusive relationship in Lebanon, with the latter habitually falling victim to the former’s unpredictable behavior. Like any odd couple, there are times when …

  Raya Hassan is Lebanon’s finance minister. Saddled with a debt  around one-and-a-half times the size of the country’s economic output, a gaping deficit and a lack of infrastructure, she …

  Official figures put the average real growth rate of Lebanon’s economy at about 8.8 percent during the years 2008 to 2010, constituting one the highest average growth rates in …

  During the civil war, Beirut’s Commodore Hotel acted as a shelter for the various journalists and dignitaries who would brave the chaos to try and understand why this small …