Economics is for everyone
If his ignorance of economics is real, Iranian President Ahmadinejad wouldn't do well in a comparative politics course.It's the economy, Mr Ahmadinejad
"The Iranian president's adherence to 'donkey economics' is damaging his political stock.
"The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, suffered an embarrassing blow to his prestige when his own party attacked him for adopting a jocular tone towards inflation at a time of rampant price rises.
"Now the Islamic Revolution Devotees Society, a fundamentalist grouping of revolutionary veterans co-founded by Mr Ahmadinejad himself, has added its voice to a rising chorus of economic discontent by warning the president that spiralling living costs are hurting the poor and undermining his stated goal of social justice...
"The report also accused Mr Ahmadinejad and other officials of refusing to acknowledge the problem, and of making light of it...
"Mr Ahmadinejad has frequently dismissed complaints of rising prices as the invention of a hostile media, and blamed "secret networks" for rising house prices...
"Mr Ahmadinejad also answered recent criticism of his policies by saying he took advice from his local butcher. "There is an honourable butcher in our neighbourhood who knows all the economic problems of the people. I get my economic information from him," he said...
"Mr Ahmadinejad, an engineer with a PhD in traffic management, is on record as saying: 'I pray to God I never know about economics.'
"That echoes a comment attributed to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, who is alleged to have said: 'Economics is for donkeys.'"
Labels: economics, Iran, politics
posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:54 AM
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