One of the striking features of the industrialized nations is the number of large firms that dot their economic landscape. Data released by the US...
The writer is a freelance contributor.The gloom cast upon the global economy by Covid-19 did not spare Pakistan. Already on the downward trajectory...
When it comes to the PTI’s economic performance, discussions tend to be one sided . In a recent article in these pages, Mohammed Zubair , ignored...
Planning, both short- and long-term, is an essential part of modern economic management.In order to delve into the arguments concerning their...
Poverty is news again. As inflation reached new highs, number crunchers got busy trying to estimate how many people have fallen below the poverty...
There are legal ways of robbing people. This form of robbery takes place on a daily basis across the globe and in our country – especially through...
In a land where uncertainty abounds, one event that can be predicted with hundred percent accuracy is the shortage of medicines – a spectacle that...
The PML-N’s intended policy of privatising a number of state-owned enterprises has generated a lively debate among the proponents and opponents of...
One of the realities of the present global economic setup is the historically high levels of income inequality. As research after research surfaces...
In 2007, an engineer managed to extract confidential documents from the system of a bank. The data contained eye-popping details of 30,000 wealthy...
Appetitus divitiarum infinitus means ‘unlimited lust for gain’. And this lust for gain – as its adherents contend – is...
The exercise of presenting annual statistics related to probable expenditures and income of a nation started in 18th century Britain. Derived from...
My last article, which was also about debt. I realised from the responses that there are a lot of misconceptions about debt, its dynamics in...
Pakistan’s ever-rising debt is perhaps the most discussed topic as far as economics is concerned. The finance minister’s recent article...
Welfare and welfare states have been constants in the socio-economic affairs of modern-day nation states, at least from the time of Otto Von...
One of my friends runs a small-scale business. His business is located in the older part of Rawalpindi – in a place popularly known as purana...
Our acquaintance with Sri Lanka has more to do with cricket than its history or geography. But recently, two avenues of further commonality have...
‘Financial inclusion’ is one of the buzzwords in the development circle that always finds mention. It is considered a critical component...
On November 8, India’s policymakers carried out another major ‘surgical strike’. But this time, the strike was carried out against...
The world is still trying to catch its breath since hearing the news that Donald Trump managed to snatch the most powerful seat from a relatively...
As the industrial revolution gradually took hold in England and other parts of Europe, machines increasingly came to replace manual labour. Not...
The writer is a freelance contributor. Cash is the most sought after commodity in the world. It’s also the most liquid . In the world...
‘Celtic Tiger’ is the term used to refer to the Irish economy for its remarkable growth over the last three decades. One significant...
I am sure that most of us are aware of laws regarding patents and copyrights. These are primarily aimed at preserving the rights of an individual or...
The recent spate of increase in the prices of medicine has, as expected, elicited a commotion both by the media and the public. And then, of course,...
This is the year of the Olympics, and Brazil is the proud host of this event. It won this right in 2009 and Luiz Inacio Silva de Lula,...
The writer is a freelance contributor. It was supposed to be a grandiose project of economic and political integration on a scale that the world...
The writer is a freelance contributor. Energy drives the world we live in. We use its different forms to power our vehicles, homes, computers....
The European Central Bank , like most central banks around the world, has its hands full when it comes to executing monetary policy to propel...
Gold has a history that goes back thousands of years. Nobody knows when it was first discovered or how, but what we do know is that the human race...
The price fixing season is upon us again; one of the most go-to tools that rulers use to further their popularity. And it sells well with the...
The writer is a freelance contributor. I must confess that my beloved country is a happening place. Hardly a day passes by when the teeming...
This article, dear readers, is not about the Pakistan International Airlines, as some of you may have been misled into believing after glancing at...
When it comes to making the wrong predictions, the science and art of economics has its fair share of such instances, just like any other academic...
Our daily lives as consumers are tied to the reality of buying various goods. Sometimes consumers negotiate prices and sometimes a price tag conveys...
The 1979 revolution turned Iran into a pariah state. Virtually cut off from the entire world and left to fend for itself, the country went through...
And so it happened – again. November 30 saw another mini-budget, another ridiculous claim that it would not have any effect upon the ‘common...
KIC 8462852 is the name of a newly discovered planet that has set the scientific world abuzz. It lies 1500 light years from Earth. Since its...
Whenever we have to withdraw money through a cheque, or buy something with our credit or debit cards, we have to sign a paper. Putting your...
Economic outcomes are the results of peoples’ activity in terms of earning bread and butter. They could be good or bad, and ultimately economic...
The writer is a freelance contributor. Jim Chanos is a famous figure in American financial circles. He had rightly predicted the fall in the energy...
Doctors are supposed to be saviours. And they are also supposed to be up to date about the practice methodologies, medicine and research in their...
The official number of taxpayers in Pakistan is one of the most depressing economic statistics to read. It is a heavily cited number in writings on...
In the midst of the terrible death toll due to the heatwave in Karachi, a piece of ‘breaking news’ flashed in front of my eyes. It said that the...
This is a story that will resonate with almost everybody. This is a story that is a reflection of the endemic nature of corruption in our...
Budget season is here. People can’t stop talking about it. The media is abuzz and experts are in full demand to spill their pearls of wisdom...
Here we go again. As expected, with the arrival of summer, problems related to the provision of electricity have raised their ugly head again. The...
The recently approved drug policy has been hailed as a positive step towards fixing the shortcomings of the earlier policy. However, the chances of...
Having a shelter of one’s own is considered a basic right. There are numerous international resolutions that recognise this. For example, the...
Resources are normally a boon for a country. They can be critical inputs to the process of economic growth, plus they give the country option in...
