Middle East needs a future with economic freedom

Published February 27, 2012 5:00am ET



Mohammed Bouazizi had had enough. The police had humiliated him. They had confiscated his fruit and vegetable cart. He had nothing left — all because he’d refused to give them a bribe.

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