Economic History of Pakistan - 1947-1987 - Khurram Hussain -

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Khurram Husain is the former Editor at Profit. He is a Business and Economy journalist and columnist and has written for Dawn, Express Tribune and Emerging Markets among others.

Khurram Hussain comes on for a comprehensive breakdown of the Economic History of Pakistan. In the first part we cover the history 1947-1987 with some shocking Economic Revelations.

On this deep dive podcast we discuss the Pakistani Economy, what keeps us in the boom-bust cycle, why we keep going back to IMF, the price Pakistan has paid for dictatorships and whether our economy is designed just for the elites.

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Chapters:
0:00 Origins of Pakistan's economy and partition
13:21 The past, self sufficiency, and East Pakistan dependency
26:39 Historical turning points, Ayub Khan's era, rent seeking
40:03 Democracy vs dictatorship, American alliance and buying passports
51:16 Decade of Development and the 1965 war
58:54 Nationalization, post colonial expenses, and Americanisation
1:10:31 PPP criticism, Zia ul Haq, Nawaz Sharif
1:20:25 Ghulam Ishaq Khan and IMF
1:31:28 Technocrats, 2008 banking crisis, Shaukat Tarin
1:41:49 QnA