Monthly Archives: November, 2020
Tough Task Ahead
Biden promises a change of course, but the Trump legacy will continue to pose a challenge.
Why is food inflation running high in Pakistan?
The continuing high food inflation poses the biggest challenge for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s embattled government. High wheat and flour prices have had a snowball effect on the prices of other food items as well. In a developing country like Pakistan, many see the price hike as a deliberate attempt to make the government unpopular and eventually unstable. Narratives asked Miftah Ismail, former finance minister and senior leader of the PML-N, Ashfaque H.
The Great Price Spiral
Can the government’s Minimum Support Price play an effective role in stabilising wheat prices?
Needed: A New Direction
A new model of human well-being and social equity should be devised to form the basis of universal education
Redefining Democracy
Donald Trump in the United States, Modi in India, Eurocentric and anti-immigrant forces in Europe — it’s the rise of the populists. Is democracy around the world under threat?