With everybody talking about the Economy, Default and Inflation - Economist Ammar Habib Khan comes on TPE to break down all these concepts for you in a way that everyone can understand.

Ammar simplifies the most complex ideas; where we are, what went wrong and what we need to do.

Ammar Habib Khan has a Masters in Macroeconomic Policy, he is a Risk Manager and Energy Economist.

Will Pakistan default?

How to fix the Economy?

Why the Sehat Card failed?

Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience

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Chapters

0:00 intro

01:06 Barcelona & Karachi and what it means to Default

14:26 lack of talent & brain drain, IMF agreement, Ishaq Dar & fuel subsidy

24:04 Russian Oil, inefficiency and gas prices, CNG policy

33:32 Water distribution issues & inefficient use, the textile industry and industrial policy & concessions

41:53 Govt intervention & elite capture, learning from mistakes, real estate & overheating the economy, gdp growth rates and number fudging

55:31 Amazon, incentive to produce, Pakistan’s branding, banks & risk/return, SME financing and low income housing scheme

1:04:30 Sehat Card, formalizing the economy and demonetizing currency, banking in Pakistan and India’s demonetization policy

1:22:35 keeping cash, UPI, Raast, incentivizing, and loan shark apps

1:27:15 Q&A