The Financial Times launched a strong critique of Thomas Piketty’s influential Capital in the Twenty-First Century but this is overall a nitpicking disingenuous apology for the 1% (no surprise):
(letter published in last Thursday’s Financial Times)
From Mr KN Al-Sabah,
Sir, Iran is backing Assad. Gulf states are against Assad!
Assad is against Muslim Brotherhood. Muslim Brotherhood and Obama are against General Sisi.
But Gulf states are pro-Sisi! Which means they are against Muslim Brotherhood!
Iran is pro-Hamas, but Hamas is backing Muslim Brotherhood!
Obama is backing Muslim Brotherhood, yet Hamas is against the US!
Gulf states are pro-US. But Turkey is with Gulf states against Assad; yet Turkey is pro-Muslim Brotherhood against General Sisi. And General Sisi is being backed by the Gulf states!
welcome to the Middle East and have a nice day.
KN Al-Sabah,
London EC4, UK
Punkonomics (@DearBalak) 