After years of political deadlock, Lebanon's prime minister had looked like he was close to pushing through a landmark budget. But thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend, some throwing water bottles at Saad Hariri. The source of their anger? His proposal to hike taxes to plug a four billion dollar deficit. Simon Neaime, a professor of economics at the American University of Beirut, comments.
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