Short answer: Because the sanctions were not the main cause of the most important current economic problems in the first place. (politics.stackexchange.com)
This way of thinking might be much more appropriate when it comes to analyzing current economic problems like the highly complex phenomenon of the financial crisis of 2008 than the former neoclassical models, because the latter seem in complete lack of practical applicability. (globaleducationmagazine.com)
After all, the FSA was unable to prevent today's current economic problems from manifesting. (climate-resistance.org)