Awash in foreign aid from the United States for decades, Pakistan now finds itself having to look to the very countries that once used Pakistan as a model, to find a way out of its military-industrial malaise, writes Salmaan A. Khan. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Dianna Keiler.

Pakistan and the Problem of Military Aid

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Pakistan and the Problem of Military Aid

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