Toward a Heterodox Approach: Reconciling Stabilization and Economic Growth in Pakistan

Reconciling Orthodox and Heterodox Approaches to Economic Growth – A Modeling Proposal

Michael Bruno on Heterodox Policy and Economic Stabilization

Population Growth and Economic Development in Pakistan

There is divergence of opinion regarding the consequences of population growth for economic development. Some view rapid population growth as a real problem while others assert that it is not a matter of grave concern. Crossnational evidence on the relationship between population growth and economic growth is inconsistent because the underlying parameters and assumptions vary across countries. ...

Economic Growth and its Determinants in Pakistan

This paper aims to investigate the impact of macroeconomic variables on economic growth after Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) in Pakistan. In doing so, study utilizes the quarterly time series data from 1990 to 2007. Advanced Autoregressive Distributed Lag model (ARDL) approach has been employed for co-integration and error correction model (ECM) for short-run results in the case of Pakista...

Understanding Progress: A Heterodox Approach

This paper examines the possibility of understanding and measuring well-being as a result of “progress” on the basis of today’s dominant epistemological framework. Market criteria distort social values by allowing purchasing power to define priorities, likening luxury goods to basic needs; in the process they reinforce patterns of discrimination against disadvantaged social groups and women, in...