Economics
Beirut's Ghost Apartments Are Haunting the Economy
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The ghost apartments of Beirut are haunting the economy.
Permanently-drawn curtains on the city’s empty luxury high-rises and dust gathering over shuttered storefronts in the Beirut Souks mall offer a glimpse of the economic gloom gathering over one of the world’s most indebted countries.