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Jun

Crisis slide

By Aisha Khan Published in DAWN on June 23, 2022 GAME theory is described as “a branch of applied mathematics that provides tools for analysing situations in which parties, called players, make decisions that are interdependent. This interdependence causes each player to consider the other player’s possible decisions in formulating strategy”. While game theory is primarily a […]

Winning back the Fund – and the people

By Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri Published in The News on June 23, 2022 The good news is that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has formally recognized that Pakistan has completed its two action plans covering 34 action items. With this, Pakistan met all technical requirements to exit from the FATF’s list (grey list) of countries with[…]

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Jan

Economists Pin More Blame on Tech for Rising Inequality

By Steve Lohr Published in The New York Times on January 11, 2022   Daron Acemoglu, an influential economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been making the case against what he describes as “excessive automation.” The economywide payoff of investing in machines and software has been stubbornly elusive. But he says the rising inequality resulting[…]