Opinion Climate change, plastic pollution, and waste management Pakistan is among the top-ten climate change vulnerable country. Global warming needs to be controlled, and a... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am
Opinion Very critical 2020s: existential threats and global economy ‘The 2020s are almost halfway over and are on course to be the most difficult decade for the global economy since... Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am
Opinion EFF programme, non-inflationary economic growth, and counter-cyclical policy approach A recent ‘Transcript of Global Financial Stability Report April 2024 press briefing’, carried a rather very... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Opinion Possible need for price controls ‘The Reagan-era policies also paved the way for China’s rise. As Weber’s scholarly work shows, China’s economic... Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am
Opinion Income, not consumption, taxes: Applying a ‘national income tax’ for a welfare state ‘The fundamental injustice of consumption taxes, relative to income taxes, is that the well-off can postpone them by... Updated 22 Mar, 2024 11:00am
Opinion Getting prices right in Pakistan: Shock therapy, ‘dual-track’ price system, and input-output model Lack of allocative and productive expenditure efficiency has led to under-utilization of revenue and aid, which in... Updated 15 Mar, 2024 11:53am
Opinion Provincial economic policy As the new provincial governments are finding their feet in a rather very difficult economic environment, it is... Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am
Opinion Incoming government and some important economic policy initiatives High inflationary situation should be among the top most priorities of the incoming government. Over-board aggregate... Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am
Opinion An ‘appropriate’ finance minister, and the need for an over-arching ‘economic minister’ As a new elected government is about to come into office, there is talk of who should be the finance minister.... Updated 23 Feb, 2024 06:58am
Opinion Approaching an ‘augmented’ IMF programme What is likely to happen if the country goes into another International Monetary Fund (IMF, or simply the ... Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am
Opinion Immediate economic priorities for the incoming government The new government that comes into office will have its work sharply cut out as far as the economic challenges are... Published 09 Feb, 2024 03:29am
Opinion Economic manifestos of major parties: philosophy, vehicles, and goals Although elections are right around the corner on February 8, leaving little time for discussion on manifestos, the... Updated 02 Feb, 2024 10:16pm
Opinion Inherent internal conflict in IMF programmes as the elephant in the room In its first review of the ongoing Standby Arrangement (SBA) programme with Pakistan, the International Monetary ... Updated 26 Jan, 2024 05:30am
Opinion Rising oligarchic power, ballooning inequality, and the quality of democracy Decades of Neoliberalism led retreat of regulation, and greater inclusion of private sector to provide essential... Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am
Opinion Existential threats, elections, and economic policy ‘As we enter 2024, results of the Forum’s Global Risks Perception Survey 2023-2024 (GRPS) highlight a predominantly... Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am
Opinion Planning a non-austerity, pro-growth IMF programme In its April 2023 flagship World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed out... Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am
Opinion A people’s economic manifesto As the general elections approach in around one-and-a-half month, focus is just starting to shift to bringing... Published 29 Dec, 2023 02:58am
Opinion Some important economic policy questions The first important policy question facing policymakers is how much role aggregate demand plays in determining... Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am
Opinion Misplaced optimism about economy Given elections are scheduled for early February, a few months into 2024 spring will bring into public life a new... Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am
Opinion Important climate finance issues at COP28 The world is faced with not only the existential threat of climate change crisis, but the impact it is producing in... Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am