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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)
excluding debt and inflation?
Definitely not! It is much
harder to earn that than one
would think, because of the
high unemployment levels in
Yemen, 30%. In other words,
30 out of 100 Yemenis never
see 100 riyals. This means that
two out of every three Yeme-
nis live below the poverty
threshold.
Many people in the world
and in Yemen live below star-
vation level. The Yemeni state
needs foreign aid in order to
survive. The size of the
Yemeni economy in 2013 was
$39 billion, while its foreign
debt stood at $7.2 billion. This
is a huge ratio. Neither is it
enough for Yemen to find
such a huge total debt every
year, because the compound
interest on this aid increases
the outstanding debt all the
time.
The present international
economic order is based on
the interest system. The high-
interest loans given by banks
have a negative effect on the
national economy in many
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