Edited sentence: Economic liberalization policies were especially introduced by King Abdullah II creating one of the freest economies in the Middle East.Jordan's rapid political and economic liberalization continued throughout the 1990s and the 2000s.King Abdullah II has stated that economic liberalization will occur first and that political liberalization will surely follow.King Abdullah II succeeded his father King Hussein in 1999.Political liberalization is occuring but at a slower pace than 1989 and the early 1990s