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Collapse: Inside Lebanon's economic meltdown

By Ben Hubbard
New York Times·
8 mins to read

Rania Mustafa's living room recalls a not-so-distant past, when the modest salary of a security guard in Lebanon could buy an air conditioner, plush furniture and a flat-screen TV.

But as the country's economic crisis worsened, she lost her job and watched her savings evaporate. Now she plans to sell her furniture to pay the rent and struggles to afford food, much less electricity or a dentist to fix her 10-year-old daughter's broken molar.

For dinner on a recent night,

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