Stories by Abrahim Shah

Commodifying life

As per Polanyi, the market economy is built on fictitious commodities.

Updated 11 Aug, 2026 03:34pm

Lawlessness & state

The state does not operate as a neutral actor.

Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:19am

Of rights and law

The ICJ must go beyond placing responsibility on polluters.

Published 15 Jan, 2025 08:29am

Colonial mindsets

The Global South must not dismiss the past’s impact on lives.

Published 11 Nov, 2024 07:27am

History’s lessons

A change in our economic destiny requires critical rethinking.

Published 04 May, 2024 07:01am

Wretched of the earth

Colonialism was an exercise in dehumanisation

Published 14 Dec, 2023 07:16am

Debt woes

As the economy slows, debt levels do not mitigate.

Published 04 Mar, 2023 07:18am

Ascendant markets

Capital and neoliberalism have distorted the very essence of politics.

Published 19 Nov, 2022 08:18am

Faults of theory

Economic policymaking must be questioned.

Published 06 Jun, 2022 07:55am

Notions of freedom

An unequal society could never be truly free.

Published 03 Mar, 2022 07:47am

Graveyard of neoliberalism

Boric’s ascent is a seminal moment in Chile’s history.

Published 27 Dec, 2021 06:57am

The larger debate

The revelations show how the economy promotes inequality.

Updated 23 Oct, 2021 07:42am

Danger lurks

The colonial mindset continues to percolate.

Published 27 Sep, 2021 07:39am

Cost of neoliberalism

Our mental health crisis must be seen in the larger sociopolitical context.

Published 30 Jul, 2021 07:20am

Polarised America

The turmoil in the US political spectrum holds lessons for Pakistan.

Published 20 Jul, 2018 07:18am