Neoliberalism in Lebanon during COVID-19

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Lebanon has served for decades as one of the world’s leading experiments in extreme libertarianism, illustrating what happens to a society with little to no government regulation or social protection. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the weaknesses of a health system suffering from corruption and gaping inequalities between public and private hospitals. What role have neoliberal international aid demands for austerity and privatization played in setting up Lebanon’s health system for failure?