Protesters step on a banner with an image of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during a protest in Yangon on February 11. (Frontier)

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has attracted ridicule for airing grand development plans at a time when the economy is in crisis, but even the regime’s more rational economic goals are unlikely to be achievable.

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