التعبئة والإحصاء: زيادة نسبة المصريين تحت خط الفقر إلى 32.5%

We spend 4.4 BILLION USD on petrol subsidies a good percentage of this goes to private car owners. http://wp.me/p1mEVR-5O WTF??

The IMF versus the Arab spring http://is.gd/ZH51DS

Another marked change in most societies is an increase in inequality. This means that there is increasing disparity between average (mean) income and the median income (that of the “typical” person, whose income lies in the middle of the distribution of all incomes). If a few bankers get much richer, average income can go up, even as most individuals’ incomes are declining. So GDP per capita statistics may not reflect what is happening to most citizens.

People living in Cairo work the most number of hours in the world! Follow the link to the UBS site and download the PDF: lots of data. You will find that despite the greatest number of hours, this really buys us nothing. The data was collected via questionnaires administered to people from 14 different professions. The questions is: do people in Cairo report a higher number of working hours or is it true we work more than anyone else?

it is clear that tens of thousands have left, real estate prices have crashed and scores of Dubai's major construction projects have been suspended or canceled.

Dubai is gone.

Governmental policy with regard to monopolies (e.g., permitting, prohibiting or regulating them) can have major effects not only on specific businesses and industries but also on the economy and society as a whole.

120 billion Zimbabwean dollars = 50 EGP!!