How to fix Pakistan's Economy - Ali Hasanain - Economist - TPE # 134

The Pakistan Experience

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience Ali Hasanain is the Economics Department Chair at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and was a Oxford-Princeton Global Fellow, he teaches Economics, Media and Corruption. Ali comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the underlying issues in Pakistan's that impede our Economic growth - what does the country need to do to ensure sustainable Economic growth? Will the Pandora Papers lead to anything? What is PTI's Economic Policy? Are Subsidies bad? Will CPEC be good for Pakistan? Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Are Pandora Papers Important for Pakistan? 5:40 Why should the common man care about Economic numbers? 10:30 Corruption led Growth 13:00 Khata hay toh lagata bhi hay 17:15 Why is Pakistan lagging behind 22:17 Free Market, Voluntary Exchange, Competitiveness and Growth Models 29:00 The downside of Subsidies 42:00 Political Establishment 49:30 Trade with India: State Interests vs Free Markets 55:15 What are the foundations of an economy? 1:08:30 Boom/Bust cycle of our economy 1:13:00 Police Reform 1:21:00 Analyzing PTI's Economic Policy 1:27:50 Petrol Prices 1:32:10 Hyper Inflation 1:35:30 Does the US printing dollars have any effect on us? 1:39:00 Quick hitters: Audience Questions 1:39:30 is CPEC good? 1:45:00 How can we revive Pakistan's engineering/manufacturing 1:47:30 Public policy for poverty reduction 1:49:30 Will cheap Indian goods destroy our industries? 1:51:10 Military Spending 1:52:05 Team MASEK 1:55:12 Can Consumer Behaviour combat Inflation? 1:57:50 Is there any hope? 2:00:20 What books to read to understand India/Pakistan's economy Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. He can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tinder. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89