The perils and rewards of economies in rehab
Why investors in serial recidivists like Pakistan keep coming back for more
A RECENT EDITION of “The Joe Rogan Experience”, a popular podcast, features the comedian Artie Lange. Mr Lange is an engaging personality who, as he candidly admits, has battled with drugs and gambling. Not long out of his umpteenth period in rehab, he is working in stand-up again. “This business keeps taking me back,” he says with something like amazement.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “More in Lahore”
Finance & economics December 7th 2019
- Climate change has made ESG a force in investing
- The Trump administration’s trade policies clash with each other
- Tax our tech and we’ll blacklist your bubbly
- Splits in Italy threaten to derail euro-zone reforms
- The perils and rewards of economies in rehab
- Myanmar admits foreign life insurers
- For 15 years two currencies have outperformed all others
- Created to democratise credit, P2P lenders are going after big money
From the December 7th 2019 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from Finance & economics
China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced
For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s
Ethiopia gets a stockmarket. Now it just needs some firms to list
The country is no longer the most populous without a bourse
Are big cities overrated?
New economic research suggests so
Why catastrophe bonds are failing to cover disaster damage
The innovative form of insurance is reaching its limits
“The Traitors”, a reality TV show, offers a useful economics lesson
It is a finite, sequential, incomplete information game
Will Donald Trump unleash Wall Street?
Bankers have plenty of reason to be hopeful