On One Forgotten Cause of the Arab Spring: the Lack of Economic Freedom On One Forgotten Cause of the Arab Spring: the Lack of Economic Freedom.

Had the Arab Spring been widely interpreted as a revolution for 'laissez faire', it would certainly have stimulated more reflection on the central place of the entrepreneur in economic development, and the fundamental role of economic freedom to let this prosperity-generating entrepreneurship flourish. The future of the Arab Spring depends on the capacity of the new democratically elected governments to implement measures to prevent crony capitalism, restore the rule of law and promote economic freedom in order to ensure general prosperity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]