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The UN, Separatism and the Mechanics of Independence
e-Con e-News

The UN, Separatism and the Mechanics of Independence

ee January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Leave a Comment on The UN, Separatism and the Mechanics of Independence

It's not 'politics as usual.' It's not 'economics as per text book.' It's political economy. As always. For the elaboration,…

IMF Threats, IFC Munificence & The Anti-Investment Trader Mafia in Sri Lanka
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IMF Threats, IFC Munificence & The Anti-Investment Trader Mafia in Sri Lanka

ee January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Leave a Comment on IMF Threats, IFC Munificence & The Anti-Investment Trader Mafia in Sri Lanka

This is an intro to this week’s E-Con-E-News post on www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com

Quotes in/on black and white
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Quotes in/on black and white

ee January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 Leave a Comment on Quotes in/on black and white

“One of the greatest misnomers of this modern world is the term ‘free trade’. We have managed trade.”

Quotes are (sometimes) books (you won’t be told about)
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Quotes are (sometimes) books (you won’t be told about)

ee January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Leave a Comment on Quotes are (sometimes) books (you won’t be told about)

e-Con-e-News offers insights you won't find in the mainstream media. Check it out: www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com.

US threats and the Great Temple Robbery
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US threats and the Great Temple Robbery

ee December 30, 2020December 29, 2020 Leave a Comment on US threats and the Great Temple Robbery

Just the 'intro' of this week's E-Con E-News post. Check the juice @ www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com.

The capitalist media’s job is to spread illiteracy and innumeracy
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The capitalist media’s job is to spread illiteracy and innumeracy

ee December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 Leave a Comment on The capitalist media’s job is to spread illiteracy and innumeracy

www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com talks of what’s said, half-said, footnoted and ignored. Here’s a slice from last week’s edition.

There’s no ‘Fake Media’: the media IS fake
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There’s no ‘Fake Media’: the media IS fake

ee December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Leave a Comment on There’s no ‘Fake Media’: the media IS fake

This is an intro into the wonderful world of E-Con, E-News (www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com)

The GIST  [The Economic and Political Weekly, SL, December 5, 2020]
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The GIST [The Economic and Political Weekly, SL, December 5, 2020]

ee December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 2 Comments on The GIST [The Economic and Political Weekly, SL, December 5, 2020]

for the full account, go to www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com

EU declares hybrid war, South America gets it right and China’s ‘megamergers’
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EU declares hybrid war, South America gets it right and China’s ‘megamergers’

ee November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 Leave a Comment on EU declares hybrid war, South America gets it right and China’s ‘megamergers’

FFT (Food for Thought) from www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com

Budget blues (and whites)
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Budget blues (and whites)

ee November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Leave a Comment on Budget blues (and whites)

What the Daily Mirror, FT or EconomyNext hates about the budget, we like, and vice-versa. We also have to fill…

Impoverishment has been a long-term trend
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Impoverishment has been a long-term trend

ee November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 Leave a Comment on Impoverishment has been a long-term trend

This is the gist of this week's E-Con E-News edition. Check it out: www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com

The MCC land-grab, ACSA and other stuff sent  under the radar
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The MCC land-grab, ACSA and other stuff sent under the radar

ee November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Leave a Comment on The MCC land-grab, ACSA and other stuff sent under the radar

Visit www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com for more insights on economy, economics and economists, local and global.

An India-First Foreign Policy Amounts to a US-First Sell-Out
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An India-First Foreign Policy Amounts to a US-First Sell-Out

ee October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 Leave a Comment on An India-First Foreign Policy Amounts to a US-First Sell-Out

Gleanings from this week’s ‘E-Con E-News’ bulletin. Visit www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com for more insights on economy, economics and economists.

The Real Debt Trap, Ambassadorial Hissy Fits, Gabapentin, & Friedman’s Terror
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The Real Debt Trap, Ambassadorial Hissy Fits, Gabapentin, & Friedman’s Terror

ee October 19, 2020October 20, 2020 Leave a Comment on The Real Debt Trap, Ambassadorial Hissy Fits, Gabapentin, & Friedman’s Terror

These are pickings from this week's E-Con E-News [www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com]

Peasants have to be put down for merchants, moneylenders and planters to rise
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Peasants have to be put down for merchants, moneylenders and planters to rise

ee October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Leave a Comment on Peasants have to be put down for merchants, moneylenders and planters to rise

From D Pathirana and C Aluthge’s A History of Underdevelopment & the Political Economy of Inflation in SL: Chapter 3…

The USA, Brandix, biological warfare and other noxious things
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The USA, Brandix, biological warfare and other noxious things

ee October 12, 2020October 11, 2020 Leave a Comment on The USA, Brandix, biological warfare and other noxious things

Gleanings from https://eesrilanka.wordpress.com (your source for insights on economies, economics and economists)

‘Advocarting’ terrorism, tie-suit thieves, rating-fixers and deferred dreams
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‘Advocarting’ terrorism, tie-suit thieves, rating-fixers and deferred dreams

ee October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Leave a Comment on ‘Advocarting’ terrorism, tie-suit thieves, rating-fixers and deferred dreams

www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com offers the following gems of political economy

The Magnificent Art of Fleas & Machines
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The Magnificent Art of Fleas & Machines

ee October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Leave a Comment on The Magnificent Art of Fleas & Machines

As he lies dying on a winter street, his brain split open by being thrown out of a hospital window,…

Telling Quotes
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Telling Quotes

ee October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Leave a Comment on Telling Quotes

‘The slave traders were among the leading humanitarians of their age.’

Snippets: Maps, Modi, Murder and Media
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Snippets: Maps, Modi, Murder and Media

ee September 30, 2020September 27, 2020 2 Comments on Snippets: Maps, Modi, Murder and Media

“Loyal activist of UK Conservative Party, International Political Lobbyist and Strategist, actively interested in Human Rights, Women Rights and Child…

And sharks and piranhas beguile the guppies,  claiming the sea is an exciting equal-opportunity arena!
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And sharks and piranhas beguile the guppies, claiming the sea is an exciting equal-opportunity arena!

ee September 28, 2020September 27, 2020 Leave a Comment on And sharks and piranhas beguile the guppies, claiming the sea is an exciting equal-opportunity arena!

It was the white man’s oil companies and their off-white marionettes (merchants, moneylenders, landlords) who’ve frustrated industrial renaissance in Sri…

After all, corporates are non-governmental, ain’t they?
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After all, corporates are non-governmental, ain’t they?

ee September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 Leave a Comment on After all, corporates are non-governmental, ain’t they?

There is an offensive known as ‘The Agenda’ – to replace the call for more representative rule (by cultivators, workers)…

Foreign Banks Destroyed Philip Gunawardena’s Dream of a Cooperative Development Bank
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Foreign Banks Destroyed Philip Gunawardena’s Dream of a Cooperative Development Bank

ee September 17, 2020September 16, 2020 Leave a Comment on Foreign Banks Destroyed Philip Gunawardena’s Dream of a Cooperative Development Bank

Ananda Meegama’s chapter on ‘A Bank for the People’, in his book on Philip Gunawardena, describes the battles fought by…

China, Japan, Machiavelli and banks
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China, Japan, Machiavelli and banks

ee September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Leave a Comment on China, Japan, Machiavelli and banks

When Rome’s Borgia Pope divided the world in 1494, he sent Portugal this way (east) and Spain the other way.

Economies, economics and economists
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Economies, economics and economists

ee September 11, 2020September 10, 2020 Leave a Comment on Economies, economics and economists

Wimalasurendra strove hard to ensure we had an independent source of energy to drive industrialization, but was defeated by English…

Quotes from the Underground
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Quotes from the Underground

ee September 6, 2020September 7, 2020 Leave a Comment on Quotes from the Underground

If I asked you what is the most corrupt place on Earth...it’s not the bureaucracy, it’s not the police, it’s…

Quotes that teach
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Quotes that teach

ee September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 Leave a Comment on Quotes that teach

“If you want to become another Tarzan, a white man coming among black men, leading them and protecting them… it…

Steel is rice, rice is steel
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Steel is rice, rice is steel

ee September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Leave a Comment on Steel is rice, rice is steel

How have other countries dealt with this issue of large numbers of workers having no work during certain periods of…

Quotes of the Week (August 22-29, 2020)
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Quotes of the Week (August 22-29, 2020)

ee August 31, 2020September 6, 2020 Leave a Comment on Quotes of the Week (August 22-29, 2020)

' At the end of it all, most business-school graduates won’t become high-level managers anyway, just precarious cubicle drones in…

From Singapore to Timbucto
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From Singapore to Timbucto

ee August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Leave a Comment on From Singapore to Timbucto

Now some whites and even some Lankans think they can sing the blues, or play jazz or holler rock’n’roll. Not…

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