https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/36595.aspxSat, 07 Jun 2008 10:45:22 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:36595MatthewWilliam0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/36595.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=36595<p><blockquote><div><img src="https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/Themes/mises2008/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>mormonchess:</strong></div><div>http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0606/p04s05-wome.html</div></blockquote></p> <p><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:22px;">&quot;Egyptians are... caught in a storm of stagnant wages, rising global food prices, rampant corruption, and a quickly advancing inflation rate that hit 16.4 percent in May&quot; &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:22px;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;line-height:normal;">...why doesn&#39;t the Egyptian government do something about all this?</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The article reminds me of the other African calamity bob - Zimbabwe&#39;s Robert Mugabe - who earlier this year sent police into grocery stores ordering retailers to slash their prices. Don&#39;t think he managed to curb inflation.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/36537.aspxSat, 07 Jun 2008 01:39:52 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:36537mormonchess0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/36537.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=36537<p>My apologies if this has been posted onsite elsewhere, I looked, and didn&#39;t see anything.&nbsp; I found this article to be very interesting.&nbsp; Bread riots?&nbsp; In a supposedly modern Arab country?&nbsp; Amazing.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0606/p04s05-wome.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0606/p04s05-wome.html</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Wow, and government interference hasn&#39;t solved the problem.&nbsp; Go figure.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>