Arab spring cleaning

摘要

A Year after the start of the Arab spring, no government in the Middle East has attempted serious economic reform even though it is obvious both that economies are distorted and that discontent over living standards has played a big part in the upris ings. The main reaction by governments has been to buy off fur ther protests by increasing public spending. Saudi Arabia boost ed government spending by over 50% between 2008 and 2011.