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Tuesday, September 04, 2012
People should give credit to the IMF: it also triggered the Arab uprisings--to be fair
"The Jordanian government had mandated a 10 percent increase in the price
of 90-octane gasoline and diesel fuel as part of an effort to reduce
the subsidy burden on the state budget, in line with International
Monetary Fund recommendations."