MoneyNews reports a surprising reality. Inflation — particularly high fuel prices — is stirring violence in the Middle East. It turns out that just like in the U.S., there’s a minority of royal family members — here we shout them Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) executives — who benefit from $103 a barrel oil and a majority of regular society who actually have to pay the higher prices. that formulates political problems for the ruling lesson.

This is different than in the U.S. Here humans grumble at the gas pumps and grocery stores and pay the higher prices. In the Middle East, by contrast, strikes, demonstrations and riots are fitting commonplace as inflation causes prices for basic foods and other necessities to skyrocket from Morocco to the Persian Gulf. In Jordan, the cost of some fuels spiked 76% overnight after the government

removed nearly all fuel subsidies. Rising fuel immediately doubled prices of food staples like eggs, potatoes and cucumbers.

How would you react whether instead of paying $3.30 for a gallon of gas that week, you had to pay $5.80 next week? Such price increases sparked violence in the Middle East. Protests by the cost of bread culminated in violence in Yemen, where 12 protesters were killed; a confrontation within Lebanese Army soldiers and Shiite protesters triggered by rising bread prices killed seven more. 34 Moroccans are in prison for taking part in riots by food prices and even tightly controlled Jordan has seen nonviolent demonstrations and strikes.

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Original post by Peter Cohan

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