Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Rafsanjani: Well, at least the New York Times admits that Western liberal economic polices are bad for the poor

"During his presidency, Mr. Rafsanjani faced the challenge of reconstruction after the eight-year war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. While his economic liberalism and privatization policies were popular among Iran’s entrepreneurial classes, many poor Iranians perceived no improvement in their plight."  But this passage explains why Western government and media refers to this crook (the wealthiest Iranian) as "a reformer".