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Branded seeds: Free market, copyrights and farmers’ welfare
Monsanto’s demand for protection of its intellectual copyright could be the best thing for Pakistani agriculture.
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Free trade: Size does not matter
The key is to play to our comparative strengths.
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No free lunch: Rising price of wheat flour: trust the market to deliver
Government must allow the principle of demand and supply to play its role.
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Trade with India: Political, economic policy need to be on the same page
MFN status will help bring a paradigm shift in our diplomatic ties.
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Support price for rice: Why many growers prefer to sell for less
Growers have decided to pick the low price on the open market over a ‘better’ offer by the government.
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Free market: New rules of trade, do more to get more
To compete, we need to be better, cheaper, faster.
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No free lunch: A powerless private sector for power reforms
Privatisation is a package deal and one cannot be naive about the conflicts between wealth creation and social justice
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Is equalised poverty the answer to unequal prosperity?
New growth strategy needs a paradigm shift.
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Myth buster: Debunking the clichés in economic policy making
No policy framework can succeed until it moves beyond populist economic thinking.
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No free lunch: Welfare by the people for the people
The government needs to cut down on handouts.