Has Neoliberalism Really Come to an End?

Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as “eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers” and reducing, specially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy. DESPARDES EDITORS’ NOTE: Has it worked where political economy influenced by tribalistic mindset peppered with castes-driven manifestations overrides the national economy? Doesn’tContinue reading “Has Neoliberalism Really Come to an End?”

Foreign Ownership in Saudi Stock Market Soars to $70bn in 2021

Foreign ownership in Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange hit SR264 billion ($70 billion) last year amid efforts by the Kingdom to spur foreign investment, reported Arab News citing the latest release of the Capital Market Authority’s annual report. The report said that increased market attractiveness propelled a 54 percent rise in the ownership of qualified foreignContinue reading “Foreign Ownership in Saudi Stock Market Soars to $70bn in 2021”

Climate Report Finds Antarctica Could Support Multiple Golf Courses By 2050

A Satirical Post in The Onion: In the group’s latest effort to assess the impacts of the planet’s rising temperature, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report Thursday that concluded Antarctica could support multiple golf courses as soon as 2050. “We have every reason to believe the emergence of vast green expanses andContinue reading “Climate Report Finds Antarctica Could Support Multiple Golf Courses By 2050”

Pakistan’s Historic Court Ruling: ‘Rome Has Spoken, the Case Is Finished!’

By Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury in Dhaka Courier: Pakistan’s impossibly debonair and incredibly urbane cricketing star turned politician, Imran Khan, is a man of a myriad parts. Where English is spoken and cricket is played, he remains a hero. Time was when leading his team in many a Test match he caused blood to rapidly pulsateContinue reading “Pakistan’s Historic Court Ruling: ‘Rome Has Spoken, the Case Is Finished!’”