No port, still a storm: Lebanon a year after the blast

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: No port, still a storm: Lebanon a year after the blast
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• Duration: 00:22:24
• Published: 2021-08-04 12:15

The explosion at Beirut’s port was a symptom, not a cause, of the country’s malaise. We find more questions than answers about the blast and a political class unshaken by it. For half a century, one Beirut resident has, from the same apartment, witnessed a history pockmarked by unexpected disaster. And our Big Mac index reveals the depth of Lebanon’s economic crisis. 

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