The Lebanese political class looks vulgarly conniving when it collectively promotes an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal as a finality while their real intentions lay against it. What is even more bewildering is how contagious this fake stance is. It has infected every speech or media appearance among even the most reformist Lebanese economists, analysts and journalists. For more than twenty years, this magazine has been advocating tirelessly for similar reforms as the IMF and the international community. As Lebanon’s best global advisors have been saying on many occasions, like during the CEDRE conference in April 2018, we also consider that institutional, judicial, fiscal and monetary reforms are useless unless coupled with an ambitious strategy that put our assets to good use. A strategy that could provide public services; creating and growing value in an inclusive, responsible and transparent manner. Gullible is whoever thinks that this mob ruling the country
