"In both Egypt and Tunisia, there are questions of widespread unemployment, especially amongst youth, coupled with skyrocketing inflation. Wages are not keeping up with costs of living." Exactly what I was going to say. For you, a professional academic, to get such important and easily checked facts wrong Mr Rodrik, is a disgrace - and if you cannot be bothered to do such elementary fact checking, then you have no rightful business having your articles published in the world's press.

Mr Rodrik: I will say to you that not only do I strongly disagree with you, but that the manner in which you present your views is transparently manipulative and therefore unworthy of academic virtues.