Stories from Abbas Moosvi
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Free markets are a fiction
The working classes do not have a ‘free choice’ in taking up and leaving jobs
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Illusory Independence
The prospect of transitioning into a rentier economy presented itself as a lucrative means to maximise personal gains
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Theatre of politics
Since its inception, Pakistan has been characterised, to be undergoing a ‘delicate turn’
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Epidemic of nonsense work
Key institutions will be populated by individuals play-acting at the workplace year after year
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Gimmickry of neoclassical economics
At the heart of neoclassical economic theory is its fundamental unit of analysis, the rational actor
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A Letter to the Left
In Pakistan, the religious right is a force to be reckoned with — partially because it’s been propped up by the angels
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Of elites, by elites, for elites
Elites in Pakistan are not incompetent, they are savvy in navigating a complex political arena to ensure maximal gains
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Incubating grassroots politics
Okara farms dispute is a cogent illustration of the manner in which mainstream parties have no interest in the poor
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Khan: anti-imperial or just anti-West?
It seems as though Khan, like Trump, was always reliant on impassioned rhetoric to get by
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Local research for local problems
Pakistan’s policies have largely been formed by dictates of international financial institutions and donor agencies