Paradigm shift in tax policy
‘The impact of economic growth on the lives of people is partly a matter of income distribution, but it also depends greatly on the use that is made of the…
Pakistan’s healthcare crisis
In Pakistan, the most important aspect of well-being is also the most neglected. In its 70-year history, Pakistan’s successive governments — civil and military — have not made health a…
Growth vs development
Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati, professor of economics at Columbia University in New York, isn’t known for modesty or patience towards his critics. In 2004, he got a chair in Indian political…
India’s shining contradictions
The liberalisation and deregulation of the economy undertaken in the 1990s brought huge dividends for India in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction. Economic growth resulting from economic reforms…
