They need a liberal economy :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Jason Pappas (United States), Jul 4, 2013 at 06:37

Hernando DeSoto brilliantly argued in his book "The Mystery of Capital" that countries like Egypt need property rights and the rule of law to allow small businesses to flourish and grow. What Egypt needs is an Arab Ludwig Erhard. If we could just push the military to support one ...

Still it is heartening to see that pragmatism (economic concerns) trumps religious ideology. This makes plausible the thesis of your previous article "Can Islam be Reformed?"

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2	The illiterate and ignorant Mohamed el-Ibiary calls Albany, NY a small town! [161 words]	dhimmi no more	Oct 12, 2013 10:43	210407
6	Mohamed el-Ibiary makes it to the Egyptian press and it is not pretty [284 words]	dhimmi no more	Oct 8, 2013 18:03	210334
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3	The strange Mohamed el-Ibiary and blaming the victims and connecting the dots [486 words]	dhimmi no more	Oct 5, 2013 10:09	210271
2	And the beat goes on- [78 words]	Michael Hanni Morcos	Jul 9, 2013 22:55	208049
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	Frisch's funny idea [41 words]	PezDispenser	Jul 7, 2013 16:21	207954
1	3 more years of Morsi's rule would have changed Egypt to Afghanistan [207 words]	Sherif Helmy	Jul 7, 2013 16:19	207953
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1	WAR [24 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	merdise	Jul 5, 2013 20:40	207676
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2	WAR is likely in this Pattern [118 words]	Tom	Jul 8, 2013 13:02	207676
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2	It's all about the economy, not a referendum on Islam or MB [98 words]	sara	Jul 4, 2013 23:17	207633
	It is always the economy! [215 words]	Prashant	Jul 6, 2013 00:58	207633
	Sounds plausible [187 words]	Anon	Jul 4, 2013 19:39	207624
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3	The amazing Muslim mind [322 words]	dhimmi no more	Jul 9, 2013 15:58	207612
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	They need a liberal economy [76 words]	Jason Pappas	Jul 4, 2013 06:37	207585
	Pessimistic [65 words]	Nick	Jul 4, 2013 05:15	207581
	Egypt and Gaza now? [155 words]	Fabio	Jul 4, 2013 04:57	207580
	Interesting, Fabio! [29 words]	sara	Jul 4, 2013 23:24	207580
1	The shifting tides of Islamic spread [238 words]	SHmuel HaLevi	Jul 4, 2013 04:16	207579
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	I disagree with the reply [129 words]	Guardian of Deen	Jul 9, 2013 05:45	207577