The road to economic depression on September 21, 2013The west is greatly indebted to the works of John Maynard Keynes, the brilliant economist. He died in 1946, just before he could see the true practical value of his academic work. Post-war Europe used his policy prescriptions with a great zeal to recover from the economic fallout of the two world wars and the […]
Maiden budget: some more of the same on June 17, 2013Political parties that form governments around the world use their initial honeymoon periods to push through reforms that in the usual course of business are seen as politically difficult to enforce due to the power of vested interests that seek to block them. Undertaking such reforms at an early stage also sets the course and […]
Politics of reforms on June 9, 2013Call them the silent or the swing vote, they have given their verdict for the time being and have largely allowed Nawaz Sharif another chance at the centre. The surveys conducted before the elections also pointed out that the credibility of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had been shaken but still stood ahead of others. […]