Subsidization via Coupon Doomed to Fail: Economist

The world has tested subsidization programs many times and countries continue to implement support policies in different ways. 
These programs were launched in the years after the First World War and continue to this day. The policy of giving subsidies to households has been carried out in Iran for many years now. But instead of resolving public livelihood problems and reducing inequality and improving welfare, subsidization programs in Iran have benefited certain groups. This is while support policies in the world are designed to help low-income groups. These were stated by Ali Sadvandi, an economist, in an article for the Persian daily Donya-e-Eqtesad. 
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