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Because Iran is “dry,” would-be beer-drinkers seem to fantasize. They drink a “malt
beverage” that tastes like beer and comes in a beer can, but is non-alcoholic.
From a productivity point of view, it seemed as if the country were on Valium. Per-
haps Iranians are just not driven as we are by capitalist values to “work hard” in order to
enjoy material prosperity. I heard that well-employed Iranians made $5,000 to $15,000 a
year, and paid essentially no tax. (Taxes are less important to a government funded by oil.)
While the Islamic Revolution is not anti-capitalistic, the business metabolism felt like a
