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The myth of foreign investment
there are no shortcuts to development
Oct 29, 2024 • 
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September 2024

My advice for Bangladesh
designing macro-financial policy
Sep 23, 2024 • 
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August 2024

Fiscal dominance: when the body attacks itself
A country dives into fiscal dominance when concerns about government debt start “dominating” everything else - like an autoimmune disease that starts…
Aug 31, 2024 • 
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Power and Plots
General Faiz Hameed, the once powerful head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, was recently arrested on charges of intimidating a land developer to…
Aug 28, 2024 • 
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Pakistan's zombie power sector
sunk cost fallacy
Aug 21, 2024 • 
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The structural roots of development
why Pakistan is not a typical developing country
Aug 20, 2024 • 
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Nervous system and development
Cogito, ergo sum
Aug 18, 2024 • 
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On poverty traps, and Pakistan
when change cannot be incremental
Aug 17, 2024 • 
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