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‘The Reagan-era policies also paved the way for China’s rise. As Weber’s scholarly work shows, China’s economic strategy in the 1980s relied...
‘The fundamental injustice of consumption taxes, relative to income taxes, is that the well-off can postpone them by saving, while the poor pay cash...
Lack of allocative and productive expenditure efficiency has led to under-utilization of revenue and aid, which in turn has not significantly...
As the new provincial governments are finding their feet in a rather very difficult economic environment, it is important to fix the problems at the...
High inflationary situation should be among the top most priorities of the incoming government. Over-board aggregate demand squeeze policies, among...
As a new elected government is about to come into office, there is talk of who should be the finance minister. Notwithstanding the choice, what is...
What is likely to happen if the country goes into another International Monetary Fund (IMF, or simply the ‘Fund’) programme, which is neoliberal,...
The new government that comes into office will have its work sharply cut out as far as the economic challenges are concerned. Coming at the back of...
Although elections are right around the corner on February 8, leaving little time for discussion on manifestos, the three major political parties –...
In its first review of the ongoing Standby Arrangement (SBA) programme with Pakistan, the International Monetary Fund (IMF, or simply the ‘Fund’)...
Decades of Neoliberalism led retreat of regulation, and greater inclusion of private sector to provide essential public goods and services of...
‘As we enter 2024, results of the Forum’s Global Risks Perception Survey 2023-2024 (GRPS) highlight a predominantly negative outlook for the world...
In its April 2023 flagship World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed out that economic growth enables...
As the general elections approach in around one-and-a-half month, focus is just starting to shift to bringing centre-stage economic manifestos of...
The first important policy question facing policymakers is how much role aggregate demand plays in determining inflation? This needs a clear...
Given elections are scheduled for early February, a few months into 2024 spring will bring into public life a new government, but the question whether...
The world is faced with not only the existential threat of climate change crisis, but the impact it is producing in terms of creating a situation of...
The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently released ‘Production Gap Report...
Two renowned intellectuals – Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and columnist for Guardian George Monbiot – in two separate...
As the 28th edition of the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP) is scheduled to be held during November 30-December 12 in United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
As Pakistan enters a new election cycle, it is imperative that political parties should come up with not only actionable steps but to indicate very...
‘Businesses, governments, and investors were already navigating a foggy global landscape before the tragic events unfolding in the Middle East....
Developing countries, in general, are faced with a serious lack of fiscal space to make needed investments to reach a much-needed resilient economy in...
Decades of neoliberal assault of advocating greater market fundamentalism, and lesser government regulation produced a global financial and economic...
In its ‘World Economic Outlook, October 2023’ Report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that ‘The global recovery from the Covid-19...
In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the World Bank (WB), just like the...
‘“Escalating protests in Pakistan against rising costs linked to IMF demands, which follow similar protests in other countries, should serve as a...
In a recent statement reportedly, interim finance minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar indicated that there were signs of economic recovery, whereby she...
As another monetary policy statement is about to be released, as the writer contributes this article, it is time to indicate why it is very important...