Stories from Dr Asad Zaman
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Beyond numbers & material rewards
There are now publications that will publish any kind of garbage upon payment of a hefty fee
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The structure of scientific revolutions
The European Enlightenment was a revolt against all traditional ways of thinking
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The myth of US democracy
The power of the pharmaceutical lobby ensures that the cost of drugs in the US is highest in the world
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Graduating from extreme poverty
Pakistan participated in pioneering experiments of poverty alleviation under the able leadership of Qazi Ismat Isa
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The new poor economics
The failure of Pakistani private schools is best seen by comparing them with some really effective interventions
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The rise and fall of logical positivism
Logical positivism was culmination of centuries of efforts to prove science was only valid source of knowledge
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Domestic demand alternative to export-led growth
Planners all over the world ignore the experience of 1990s and persist in following policies which are proven failures
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Capitalism in the 21st century
Marx’s vision of a classless society shaped the 20th century, inspiring the battle between communism and capitalism
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Marxism reconsidered
Capitalism requires growth to prosper, and this could only come by increasing exploitation
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Capitalism, plutonomy and the pursuit of wealth
Economists have shown increasing wealth has concentrated in hands of a few. It has not ‘trickled down’