It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s religion!
Even Erdogan’s staunchest supporters would have shorted the lira as he won the Turkish runoff presidential election on Sunday and vowed to further entrench his decade long economic novelties that…
After all, it’s the transmission, stupid!
During Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign for presidency, James Carville famously coined the phrase “it’s the economy, stupid” to emphasize how crucial the economy was to the election. It could be…
The China threat
The US step to shoot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic has strengthened voices which anticipate heightened tensions between the two countries in the days ahead. At…
Irresponsible deal
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just announced that the federal government will hit the limit on total federal debt on January 19, just two days from now. After that, the Treasury…
It’s the economy, stupid
In the recession-hit United States in the 1990s under US president George H W Bush, ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ was the catchphrase that defined the 1992 US presidential campaign of…
After the midterms
The results of the US midterm elections 2022 are a mixed bag for both Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are heading towards a thin majority in the House of Representatives and…
The ‘One Per Cent Republic’
IN a Tedx talk I gave last year, I argued that Pakistan shouldn’t be called the Islamic Republic but rather the One Per Cent Republic. Opportunities, power and wealth here…
Old wine in old bottles
Reports indicate that Ishaq Dar’s selling point in being reappointed as the country’s finance minister for the fourth time was his claim that he could not only check the rupee…
Peace of the grave
On June 10, 1963, President Kennedy made a commencement address at the American University in Washington. US intelligence reports had Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist Party secretary, term it the…
Economy is the victim
Economic stability is dependent upon political and social stability. While only economic stability is the major element that can give to any society, social sturdiness. No economy can be stable…
