Monthly Archives: January 2012

Free trade, Peace and Prosperity: Kaiser Bengali-Najma Sadeque vs. Tom Palmer

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Ali Salman

When someone asked the first American economist to win a Nobel laureate, Paul Samuelson ‘what is the economic concept which is most true and least obvious’, the professor replied: ‘comparative advantage’. Imam Ghazali, mostly known in liberal circles as an … Continue reading →

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Globalization is Great

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ali Salman

While it was discomforting to see the high-pitched, emotional and personalized reaction of the famous human rights activist Tahira Abdullah to Tom Palmer’s discourse on Globalization, it was refreshing to hear concrete examples of the benefits as well as risks … Continue reading →

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Morality of Capitalism: The Clash of Arguments

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Ali Salman

Last night at Lahore, the intellectual and political capital of Pakistan, a war broke out. Luckily, every one walked out unscarred as it was a war of ideas. From the passionate defense of capitalism on the moral grounds by Tom … Continue reading →

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EFN Pakistan Launches its Public Seminars with Dr. Tom Palmer

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Ali Salman

Ideas have consequences! Greetings on behalf of Economic Freedom Network Pakistan and Friedrich Naumann Foundation. We would like to invite you to seminars in which libertarian thinker, Dr. Tom Palmer, Executive Vice President at Atlas Economic Research Foundation, is giving … Continue reading →

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Rising prices of Wheat flour: why free market is not working

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Ali Salman

Despite a bumper wheat crop this year and a flour processing industry having 300% excess capacity, Pakistani citizens have still to reap benefit from the surplus production which should have brought prices of wheat flour (Atta) considerably down. Instead, prices … Continue reading →

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Security Perception and BPO Business

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Zia Banday

In the last decade, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has emerged as a high-growth business segment for emerging markets. Despite domestic resistance from politicians and workers, companies from developed world have been sourcing more BPO business to developing countries. After all, … Continue reading →

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