Rising unemployment and falling real wages
The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has led to a big loss of growth in the economy. The Pakistan Bureau…
The wages of wage
In the International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) architecture, the three social partners—workers, employers and government— have a well-established tradition of meeting often and developing a consensus after intensive, provoking and challenging…
Trend in real wages
Identification of the trend in real wages of different types of workers is perhaps the best way to determine the conditions in a labor market. The key question is if…
Poverty wages
Ending enhanced unemployment benefits has become the signature economic agenda for the GOP, a party with little else to promote. Unfortunately the largely low-key response of the President on this…
Fair wages
Business chieftains wail that, with the economy reopening, they’ve been advertising thousands of jobs for waiters, nursing assistants, poultry workers and such, but they can’t get enough takers. So, Congress…
Accountability and labor rights
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has apparently become more prudent in reviewing and disposing of low-profile pending cases in recent days. According to the organisation's officials, there was a realization…
Residual democracies, wages of hate
Feed a monster and there is every danger of you ending up as its fodder. What makes the killing of yet another Indian techie in the US last week –…
Rule of law or wages of folly?
Four coups, long years in power, uneven war performances…a less than distinguished record for which the army is justly criticised. But it’s been slightly different these past last ten years:…
Womenomics in Pakistan
The term ‘womenomics’ defines the role of women in any economy. Countries can boost their economies by creating knowledge, proper management, and opportunities for womenomics. Almost 48 percent of Pakistan’s…
Fighting entropy
“Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites”, wrote Edmund Burke in the summer of 1791. French rage…
