Hamoon Soleimani

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Iran’s Economy Isn’t Failing; It’s a Plunder Machine

10/22/2025 Mises Wire Hamoon Soleimani

The people of Iran suffer not only from authoritarian rule, but they also are victims of an economy in which the authoritarian rulers engage in central economic planning that is destroying the economy. It’s an economy based upon plunder, not production.

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