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Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the roots of the economic crisis in Lebanon and the Ponzi scheme economy that has come crashing down over the past few years.
She explains the political factors that rendered the country dependent on the west and its regional allies, and the failure of the ruling class to provide any sustainable solutions.
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.
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