Why Economists Missed the Arab Spring
The sixth anniversary of the Arab Spring uprisings this year came and went without the usual torrent of commentary. But there are still plenty of lessons to learn from that revolutionary wave – beginning with why it happened when it did.
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LONDON – The sixth anniversary of the Arab Spring uprisings this year came and went largely unnoticed. Unlike in previous years, there was no torrent of commentary about the tumultuous events that shook the Arab world and seemed to promise a transformation of its politics.