US Sabotage of Sri Lanka’s Supply Chains

‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 08-14 May 2022 The US Treasury, which controls the IMF, etc., is sending a team to Sri Lanka. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s speech in April to the Atlantic Council in Washington offers clues into the ‘failure’ of Sri Lanka’s supply chains. In her speech,

Postponing Independence for Another 50 Years?

blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com email: econenews@gmail.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 4-10 April 2021 The 50th anniversary of the JVP uprising in April 1971 recalls the horrific consequences of driving people’s hopes up and then dashing them to the ground. Was the uprising an immunization campaign fronted by dedicated yet immature rebels

Industrial Apartheid in Sri Lanka

The ee Archive: eesrilanka.wordpress.com “Before you study the economics, study the economists!” Industrial Apartheid in Sri Lanka e-Con e-News 16-22 August 2020 “The first freedom of the press is not to be a business” Blackout is a Whiteout! • Wimalasurendra & Early Nationalism • Philip’s 1958 Agricultural Plan • US Boots for US markets •