The Jailing of Craft & Other Crimes of the Arts

‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 23-29 January 2022 Welcome to the 200th edition of ee. Bankers say it is a greater crime to rob a bank than to own a bank. Our economists say, it is a far greater crime to make a tractor than import a tractor.      Invaders,

Wimalasurendra Yaka Caused the Powercut!

 ee archive: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” Wimalasurendra Yaka Caused the Powercut! e-Con e-News 30 August – 05 September 2020 Yankee Tremors • Naming Names • Ghosts in Broad Daylight • Aid, Land Theft, Experts & Body Parts • “Induced Seismicity” was blamed for tremors in Nuvara this week. One month

A Spectre Haunts the Central Bank & the Home Market

ee archive: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” A Spectre Haunts the Central Bank & the Home Market e-Con e-News 31 May – 6 June 2020 “After the crisis is over, we have to have an industrial policy that assures the USA has in any future crisis the ability to manufacture at

Victoria’s Dirty Secret: The Home Market

ee archive: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” Victoria’s Dirty Secret: The Home Market e-Con e-News 24-30 May 2020 • USAID Slush Fund Monkeys with Sri Lanka Election The US Trump government under the guise of Covid “assistance” to Sri Lanka, is providing over one billion rupees via the US State Department

Where Have All the Profits Gone?

For the full ee archive: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” Where Have All the Profits Gone? e-Con e-News 18-25 April 2020 “When orthodoxy fails, heresy must come into its own” – GVS de Silva ee is ever fascinated by our history – and even more – ee has a nostalgia for