How Business Cartels Prevent Lebanon from Rebuilding Its Infrastructure, Government, and Economy
▻https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/11/business-cartels-concrete-lebanon-infrastructure-economy-governance
... new economic realities are destabilizing some cartels on their own. A crumbling local currency could address Lebanon’s unhealthy addiction to imports, which are already down about 50 percent compared to last year. In rural Lebanon, a lack of foreign currency is shaking the foundations of a well-established potato cartel, which has long exploited small-scale farmers.