January 13, 2022· 42 min
Afghanistan’s Former Central Bank Chief on the Dire State of the Country’s Economy
Orality
Model
90%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,502 words)
M:93%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,164 words)
M:28%
GuestAjmal Ahmady(0 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic28%
obviously, crazy, absolutely
Engagement65%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, like, so
Repetition100%
know (85x), it's (56x), think (55x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Joe Wasenthal...., And I'm just thinking back to ..., And you mentioned remarkable s...
Sound Patterns65%
48 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases5%
i mean, to be honest
Literate Indicators
Hedging12%
may, maybe, could
Passive Voice14%
being financed, been frozen, was provided
Abstract Nouns25%
investment, community, business
Subordination8%
since, because, provided
Sentence Length50%
Avg: 17.6 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style35%
479 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style94%
apply, obviously, really
Description
The Afghanistan economy was already in bad shape, with heavy reliance on foreign dollars, prior to the collapse of the government and the takeover by the Taliban. Since the fall, things have gotten even worse, with inflation accelerating and GDP plunging. There are multiple factors at work, though the main one is the cutting off of outside sources of dollars. On this episode we speak with Ajmal Ahmady, the former head of Afghanistan's central bank, on the difficult situation, and how the economy might operate going forward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.