Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus: Category Archive for Economics

Tragedy in Qatar: the Demographics of Death, Demographics of Culture………

Canada under Putin and Tea Party Rules……………

Pious Booze: Tunisia’s Salafis Go on an Alcoholic Binge………..

Cement Shortages May not Save Mecca from its Las Vegas Future………

Iran and Teddy Roosevelt: Official Denies Saudis can Replace Their Crude……..

Singapore in the Arabian Peninsula: Diversity, Tribalism, Ring of Fire ……….

War on Terrorism and the New Deal: Mother of all Economic Stimuli……………

Europe on the Wong Economic Track: the Geert Wilders Syndrome…….

An Existential Threat? Seeds of a Saudi Revolution?………….

Morocco Opts for ‘Buffet Rule’, Flicks Off GOP, Raises Taxes………

Will Iraq Revise the Gulf Oil Equation?............

Fundamentalists of North Africa on the Rise………….

Petroleum Chat: from Tehran through Baghdad to Riyadh and Caracas…………

Gamal Abdel Nasser Bridge, King Abdullah Bridge, Ayatollah Khomeini Bridge…….

Economics in Gaza, Unemployment and Shari'a in Saudi Arabia and Iran………

Extreme Poverty in a Democratic People’s Kingdom of Arabia…………..

Oil Games, Nuclear Games, Western Games, OPEC Games……

Iran Rejects European Timetable for Sanctions, Vanuatu vs. India………

Assault on Labor Unions: Are Iranian Mullahs Republicans?..............

Iranian Illusions: Living on a Different Official Planet………

On World Bank, the Iranian Economy, and Western Sanctions……..

Oh No, another Iranian-Hezbollah-Turkish-Kurdish Embassy Plot Uncovered……..

Remember when Politicizing Oil was Blackmail and Opposed by the West?.............

Land of Desperate Poverty? a Child for Sale in the Land of Billionaire Princes…………

Blockades from Cuba to Iraq to Iran, Netanyahu as King of NATO and the Confederacy ……………

Arabian Lingerie: a Royal Decree on Victoria’s Secret………….

Saudi Leadership of GCC: Three Major Failures, Three Strikes but not Out, not yet……..

American Dream to Nightmare? A New Republican Tea Party Blue Dog Corporatist Reality …………

Petroleum Markets, Kosher Salafi Simians, Watermelon Countries, and Katie Bar the Door…….

Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia: Coming Oil and Gas Wars and Regional Hegemony.......

Economics of Labor and Limb Atrophy in the GCC: a Racket, n'est-ce pas?.......

New Finicky al-Qaeda Unhappy with U.S. Infrastructure………

Iran TEPIX, NYSE, NASDAQ, Blankfine, Cramer, Cain………..

Breathtaking Hypocrisy: the UN and Human Rights Violations, the Prince and Kardashian……….

Floating To Loftier EU Afghan Relations: Trade, Aid, War, and Drugs…………

Deutschland, Deutschland, Über Alles: European Economy, American Economy…………

Qatar Filling a Vacuum in Iran…………..

French Right and American Right: a Never Requited Love................

Ahmadinejad on the U.S. Economy, his American Well-Wishers…….

Gulf GCC Currency Union: of Apricots and Monetary Watermelons……………

Iranian Economy: Maserati Mullahs, Porsche Bazaris, IMF Salafis………….

Economics of Repression and Sticky Fingers on the Gulf: It’s the Aggregate Demand Stupid!………

Iran: Softcore Criticism vs. Hardcore Criticism of the Regime……..

Common Arab Epitaph: Brother Leader, Very Rich but Very Cheap…………

Ill-Timed Honorary Degree, 23 Women Awaiting Execution……..

Petroleum Rivalries Turning OPEC Upside Down……….

The Great Arab Revolt of 2011: about T.E. Lawrence, Sykes-Picot, Tiramisu, and Apple Pie……….

The Controversy over the Iranian Economy and Western Sanctions………

Venezuela Surpasses Saudi Arabia: Bolivarian Arabian Republic of Chavez………

Economic Jihad or the Moral Equivalent of War? the Ayatollahs and Jimmy Carter……….

S & P Gets Downgraded: Better Late than Never, Yugoslavia and Somalia…….

Miliband and Blair Straddling the Atlantic: Greedy, Selfish, and Immoral……….

Britain: Cameron Wants American Police Chief, what about Blackwater and UAE?.............

The West’s Very Own Oil Wars on the Middle East………….

The London Uprising, French Fascism: the Fire this Time, the Fire Next Time……….

Uber-Chutzpah: what Standard & Poor’s has in Common with Arab Regimes………

Was Hillary Right? the Threat of a Quasi-Military Dictatorship in Iran………

Arab Revolutions and Oligarchs: with a Little Help from their Friends…….

The Lehman Precedent and Goldman’s Catharsis: WTF Rates Standard & Poor ?.............

White House and U.S. Congress Engineer another Market Crash………….

On Iraq Sanctions, Iran Sanctions, Cuba Sanctions, Smart Sanctions, Asinine Sanctions, ………….

Jordanians Space out with Star Trek, about that Missing Humor…….

U.S. Tea Party Nation: the Democrats’ Date Rape………….

American Weimar? a Season of Right Wing Political Zombies………

Gulf GCC: on Jordanian Accession, Roman Dinarius, Israeli Shekel, and Kosher Currency……

The Coming Lebanese-Israeli Oil and Gas War?...........

An Arab Spring of Yesterday’s Men , a New Jewish Spring, an American Tea Party Madness……….

Shi’a Crescent or a Gas Crescent? from Iran through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon and Europe........

On Bahrain, Democratic Values, Obama, Clinton, and Horse Apples……..

Iran’s Ali Larijani and the Pineapples, About those Virgin Piña Coladas?.........

World Revolution Redux? a Wal-Mart World, PIGS of Europe, Arab Spring, Che Guevara……….

Fighting for Jordan: the GCC and America and Compelling Economics……

On Iran, Egypt, Arab Revolutions, and Military Power……….

UAE Rejoins the Third World: Petrol Shortages, Gas Lines…………

On the Gulf : Robbers of Land, Thieves of Freedom…………

The Gulf and Iran and Iraq: of Energy Shortages and Aromatic Sewer Issues………

Debating the Bahrain Economy: Foreign Aid, Tourism, Boycotts, and Looting………….

The Power of Boycott: Business Facing a Dark Future in Bahrain ………

Hariri Family Affairs: of Saudi Masters and Money Troubles………

GCC Economics, Funny Demographics, Fake Targets……….

Slumdogs of Dubai: Not Your Father’s Dubai………….

On Satisfaction and Oil and Polygamy in the Middle East………

MENA: Unemployment and Revolution in Police States……….

The Economics of Saudi Housewives and Princes………

Revolutionary Housemaids of Arabia…………

Wael Ghonim to IMF & World Bank: J’accuse…………

The Iranian Rial: Extra Zeros, Harmful Sanctions, Bad Economics…………

Abdullah and Khamenei: Responses to Political and Economic Crises…….

'Explosive' Urban Poverty in Rich Iran………

Inequality Under the Mubarak Economic Miracle……

Fuzzy Labor Economics on the Gulf………..

Witches of Bucharest, Witches of Riyadh: a Taxing Matter, a Chopping Matter………

A Never-Ending Saudi and Gulf Labor and Population Dilemma……….

Best Economic Policies that Money Can Buy, Best Congress that Money can Buy……..

No Laughter Curve: Indian Population Economics, Cheaper Onions, Less Making Out, the Listerine Effect….…….

Lebanon, Politics, and the STL Tribunal: the Tourists’ Verdict……..

Iran Under Siege: Iranians Feel Pinch as Subsidies are Slashed……..

Egyptians Invade Israel, no Coyotes Needed……….

What is said in Tehran Stays in Tehran, Ahmadinejad’s Cheese Whopper……

A Christmas Song: Just Like Olden Days, Happy Goldman Days…….

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