The wake up call that Pakistan needs; one of the leading Economists of the world, Atif Mian, comes on The Pakistan Experience to show the Economic Reality of Pakistan.

On this deep dive podcast, we discuss how Pakistan's Economy is on the tipping point, the things that need to be done to fix it, understanding the economy as part of the whole system, Foreign Investments, Debt, CPEC and the Social Realities of Pakistan.

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Atif Mian is a Pakistani-American economist who serves as the John H. Laporte Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy, and Finance at Princeton University, and as the Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021, and was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2021.

Atif Mian is also the co-author of the critically acclaimed book, "House of Debt"

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

2:00 Understanding the Economy as part of the whole System

10:00 What is wrong with the System and how to fix it

17:00 Loans, Foreign Investment and Real Estate Projects

28:30 IPPS, CPEC and Repayments

41:30 Building Pakistan to compete Long Term and Exposure to the Global Financial Cycle

52:00 Extreme Inequality, Wealth Distribution and China

1:07:40 Cash Hand Outs