Capitalism reborn – again
An Unequal Future: Asia’s Battle for Life and Power', Oxfam’s recent release reveals an entire continent in the grip of unprecedented inequality – with Pakistan at its epicentre. The economic…
Crisis of capitalism
Mounting concern over declining birth rates, the devastation of the climate crisis, and a rising conservative pronatalist movement have led to a renewed focus on population. People across the political…
Capitalism: the double-edged sword
Capitalism, as an economic system, has been both celebrated for its unparalleled ability to drive innovation and criticized for its role in perpetuating inequality and exploitation. Its emergence alongside the…
Political capitalism
THE last couple of years have witnessed a series of changes to decision-making structures of Pakistan’s economy. These include the creation of the SIFC, the centralisation of economic governance, and greater…
Capitalism’s enduring dominance
Having been on a roll for more than seven decades, the liberal world order seems to have entered its sunset period. The obituary of the liberal order is being written…
Surviving surveillance capitalism
The shift from the labour-driven Industrial Revolution of the 16th century to the data-centric revolution of the 21st century marks a transformation where private data is meticulously monitored and analyzed…
Covid-19 and ‘disaster capitalism
Shock and awe are actions that create fears, dangers, and destruction that are incomprehensible to the people at large, specific elements/sectors of the threat society, or the leadership. Nature in…
Woke capitalism
ust like the trickle-down economics of a generation ago, stakeholder capitalism provides a moral justification for the pursuit of corporate self-interest while inequality gets worse and worse. Each January Larry…
Age of surveillance capitalism
THROUGHOUT history, intellectuals have grappled with finding ways to bring about social and economic order. In this quest, where some have identified the market as the institution that instils order,…
After capitalism
AS the beast of capitalism continues to pile misery on us, the search for alternatives has gained impetus even as the beast bellows, getting back to its feet after its…
