We're joined by Ishac Diwan for Episode 21 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss crony capitalism and its effect on Lebanon's economy following the civil war. We also reflect on the past ten days of protests and the potential for needed economic and political reform in Lebanon.

Ishac formerly worked at the World Bank and has lectured at Harvard, Columbia, New York University and is currently in Paris serving as Director of the Chaire Socio-economie du Monde Arabe at Universite PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres).

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