Comments on: Suitcase economists http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/ Latest News, Breaking News, Pakistan News, World News, Business News, Science and Technology News , Entertainment News, Sports News, Cricket News Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kbasu http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-525760 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:28:31 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-525760 In the US all the ministers (i,e secretary of state secretary of , treasury etc) are not elected but
directly appointed by the president subject to approval by the Senate. The finance minister(secretary
of the treasury ) is usually a banker from wall street, The only way the legislators can interfere
is by passing laws.

This set up is preferable to the inmates of the psych ward called NA playing economist even
though they might never had a course in economics.

]]> By: ali amjad http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-525443 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:52:26 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-525443 shaukat aziz was Not an economist

]]> By: raj http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-525386 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:43:49 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-525386 People expected miracle from experts in south Asian countries. They don’t want to work hard and don’t want to give time to any policy to bear fruits. Abrupt change brings sudden fall, gradual change bring sustained growth. Have passion.

]]> By: Shozab http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-525174 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:33:42 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-525174 The article carries the same old populist theme (against WB and IMF) in order to attract max readership. It seems like that the author deliberately overlooks the excellent performance of SBP under the “imported” economists to make his point.
In the case of Hafiz Shaikh the blame lies with how the PPP led government along with the Supreme Court disregards basic economic sense to promote populist policies ultimately resulting in a weakend economy.

]]> By: saad http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-525079 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:21:20 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-525079 The only difference is that Aziz was actually a good finance minister and fixed the economy, unlike these economists.

]]> By: observer http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-525072 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:12:37 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-525072 Nobody is fooling anyone here. Life of elected government is 5 years. Let the democracy run and all ills will be purged out. If this seems too slow to you, tell me a sustainable alternative.

]]> By: Cyrus Howell http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-524985 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:37:17 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-524985 ” Ibrahim Lincoln said, “You can fool all of the people all of the time”.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf

]]> By: Rauf Kadri http://dawn.com/2012/12/31/suitcase-economists/comment-page-1/#comment-524965 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:09:47 +0000 http://dawn.com/?p=3103290#comment-524965 Could not agree with you more!

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