[lbo-talk] Economic chaos in Iraq

[Carl Remick]

>From: Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca>
>
>August 26, 2006
>Weary Iraqis Face New Foe: Rising Prices
>By DAMIEN CAVE
>New York Times
>
>... Violence, corruption and the fallout from decades of government control 
>are
>kicking up the price of nearly everything ...

Aha, so this is basically Saddam's fault.  Good thing GWB invaded Iraq when 
he did.  Iraq's day of economic reckoning would have been that much worse if 
deferred.

Carl