August in history
Being a student of history, whenever I get some free time in my daily socio-political activities, I try to study various important events that have played a key role in…
Monetary-fiscal history of Latin America: lessons for Pakistan
Pakistan today suffers from significant macroeconomic instability, high inflation, a currency crisis and a risk of a sovereign bond default. However, the underlying issues which have caused its current crisis…
Five days in history
For five long days, we watched with bated breath as five honourable judges of the Supreme Court conducted inquisitorial proceedings on the suo-motu notice they had taken on the government’s…
Rewriting history?
When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media and elsewhere compared this barbaric behavior…
History of taxation: a perspective
Taxes are share of state in income, production and consumption and never liked by individuals or corporate bodies. However, they have very important role in economic development and income redistribution.…
Changing history
A comment on the Historical Pact coalition’s million-vote plurality overflowed with enthusiasm: “June 19 will be remembered [in Colombia] as a day of the people and will be a moment…
Those who do not learn from history…
Pakistan’s 75th Independence anniversary has just passed. As usual, the day produced much flag-waving and exhortations regarding how we live in the most wonderful country on earth. For the rich…
History of interest rates in Pakistan
The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) monetary policy is normally a hot topic amongst the investment community and at certain points in time it receives broader media coverage as well.…
The beginning of history
IN the decades following World War II, US and European policymakers came to believe in the modernisation theory that held that the march of progress was unilinear and irreversible for…
The End of History and the Last IMF
In his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man Fukuyama argued that following the end of Cold War liberal democracy and capitalism were here to stay. He…
