Economic colonialism
European historians, with their own sense of bias, which on occasions reaches its zenith, to convert into prejudice, (there is no such thing as honest historians, they are all different…
Wealth tax in the guise of deemed income
Whenever historians will write the history of an abusive, incorrect, absurd and technically incorrect tax imposition anywhere in the world they will censure Pakistan for its ‘presumptive’ and ‘minimum’ tax…
Shehbaz Sharif’s election year economic policies
Immediately after being elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif announced in National Assembly a set of economic policies, which can only be regarded as election year…
Russians feel little economic pain now, long-term outlook darkens
For Oleg Kechin, owner of a chain of barbershops, forecasts that Russia will be plunged into its deepest economic crisis in a generation feel overdone. US President Joe Biden may…
US or Russia? Ukraine crisis poses dilemma for wealthy Gulf
Choosing sides in Ukraine’s crisis would have once been easy for Gulf states long protected by the US, but growing ties with Moscow are forcing them to strike a balance.…
Neoliberalism, globalization, and economic dependence
Pakistan has been a prolonged user of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources during the last three decades of 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, and the first few years of 2020s…
Economic and political instability
‘“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.” Friedman, one…
Real clear economics
There is much confusion about our economic predicament. Yet, nothing could be clearer. On the security of the wealth and income of present and future generations, governments of Pakistan have…
Covid-19: a pandemic that lays bare deep cracks in the neoliberal economic order
The pandemic has exposed the limited institutional capacity of both individual governments, and multilateral institutions, primarily reached under the neoliberal mantra of limited governments which, among other things, meant outsourcing…
Covid-19: a pandemic that lays bare deep cracks in the neoliberal economic order
The pandemic has exposed the limited institutional capacity of both individual governments, and multilateral institutions, primarily reached under the neoliberal mantra of limited governments which, among other things, meant outsourcing…
