Dr. Asad Zaman

Debunking central myths of Eurocentric history

Seeing Through Empire: The Lies That Blind Us We’ve been taught that Europeans conquered the globe because they had the most advanced civilization. But what kind of civilization is built on conquests, exploitation, enslavement, and the deaths …

Europeans conquered the globe not because they were smarted, but because they were more ruthless, and willing to go to any lengths to acquire wealth.

Ruthless Modernity: The Secrets of Global Conquest This blog is a brief summary of a more detailed article: Ruthless Modernity: A Moral History of the West. {bit.ly/AZrms} In the late 19th century, Belgian investors were earning steady returns on a…

I have completed chapter 1 of my new textbook on third generation Islamic Economics. This provides a completely new approach to the study of human societies, aligned with Islamic epistemological foundations. Join my mailing list at bit.ly/AZIEML to get this chapter and updates as they become available.

Rebuilding Economics on Islamic Moral Foundations The weaknesses of modern economics became painfully evident during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007, when the profession failed to predict the collapse and offered inadequate remedies to prevent…

Four Talks in Istanbul: 9th & 10th Oct 2024 First Talk: Istanbul University,Wednesday, 9th Oct, 11:30am to 13:00pm SLIDES for talk Title: Unlocking Prosperity: How Islamic Property Laws Can Transform Our World Abstract: In a world grappling …

I will be delivering four talks in Istanbul on Wednesday and Thursday, 9th and 10th October. The first of these is a talk which compares Capitalist property laws to Islamic property laws. A more detailed writeup is available from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/property-trust-forgotten-ethical-foundations-ownership-asad-zaman-semif/

Pictures taken last year after a visit to IIIE, IIUI - I think it was a seminar about rebuilding Islamic Economics on new foundations, at International Institute of Islamic Economics as detailed in the blog post here: https://wordpress.com/post/azprojects.wordpress.com/5710
but maybe it was after a thesis defence - I am not sure.

Research Ethics and Integrity: An Islamic Perspective {bit.ly/AZWrei} Summary of talk on above topic at NUML on 6/27/2024. Slides for the talk: bit.ly/SSethics Good afternoon everyone. Today, I want to discuss the crucial topic of research ethics and …

This lecture explores the profound impact of logical positivism on modern thought, particularly its dismissal of existential questions about the meaning of life. We examine how this philosophical shift has influenced education and society, leading to a perceived loss of purpose and the marginalization of moral and spiritual inquiries.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-meaningless-modern-lives-asad-zaman-xmdqf/

Hudson explains the financiers provide loans, knowing that there is no capacity to repay, because that gives them control of the economy. If governments enforce policies favorable to them, they provide them additional loans to enable repayments. If they do not like the governments, they withhold loans, causing governments to fall.

Debt as a Political Tool: Hudson’s Experience In “House of Debt,” Amir Mian and Atif Sufi unveil the hidden yet pivotal role private debt plays in triggering macroeconomic crises. Surprisingly, most macroeconomics textbooks overloo…

Instead of criticizing weaknesses, we must build on strengths, to achieve progress

Nurturing Prosperity: What Development Economists Can Learn from Mothers {bit.ly/AZmother} Introduction: Expanding on the “infant industry” metaphor, this article explores the lessons that development economists could learn from the way mothers nurture and e…

The greatest challenge facing the Ummah is to construct an alternative to modern Western education, which indoctrinates our youth in the Eurocentric narratives of superiority of Western civilization.

Decolonization of Education: An Islamic Perspective {tinyurl.com/AZdeco} A talk on above topic was delivered at Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad, on 23rd Feb 2024. The ZOOM video of original talk, in urdu, is given here: Decolonization of Educ…