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Update: Commenter Mike in DC adds \"The sad thing is that if it were Midwestern farmers making this argument rather than Saudis, it would be taken seriously.\""}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Business","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/","slug":"business"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:825","displayName":"Megan McArdle","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/megan-mcardle/","biography":{"default":"Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"megan-mcardle"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/10/the-saudis-have-a-modest-proposal/28379/","title":"The Saudis Have a Modest Proposal","seoTitle":"The Saudis Have a Modest Proposal","dateModified":"2009-10-14T17:00:51Z","datePublished":"2009-10-14T16:38:00Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Business","__typename":"Channel","slug":"business"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"The Saudis Have a Modest Proposal","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/28379/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/10/the-saudis-have-a-modest-proposal/28379/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["petroleum consumption","Commenter Mike","sad thing","Midwestern farmers","bikinis","losses","bourbon","Saudis","argument","Update"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"the-saudis-have-a-modest-proposal","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_bofa-kwlist","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_busfin","gs_busfin_indus","gs_business"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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