Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jun 1, 2008	Privatize the CPC!
Finally some sense on Sri Lanka's idiotic energy policy. Muttukrishna Sarvananthan from the Point Pedro Institute says the needful. Here's a quote from an LBO report : "Sri Lankan consumers of petroleum products are not only paying for the rise in international prices," Sarvanandan said....... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  May 28, 2008	The biggest Big Government
Karu Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's Minister of public administration has confirmed something I've been saying for a while on this blog : Sri Lanka has the world's largest government . That's in addition to having the largest cabinet (literally) and having an enormous legislature. Here's an LBO...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 6, 2008	The Chinese victory (Part II)
Reflections of Fidel: WHEN World War I broke out in 1914, China joined the allies. As recompense, China was promised that the German concessions in the province of Shandong would be returned to them at the end of the war. After the Treaty of Versailles, which President Woodrow Wilson...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Mar 11, 2008	How J.R. Ruined Everything
If you are a socialist, that is. The chart below from Gapminder shows increasing incomes per person at accelerating rates after president JR Jaywardene liberalized the Sri Lankan economy in 1977. Certainly, this isn't good news for the lefties. ( a still pic from gap minder, an awesome...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Mar 10, 2008	The AID Epidemic
I think the World Bank should close down. Ok, not really but that was kind of what I suggested some time ago at the End Poverty in South Asia blog run by Shanta Devrajan, WB's chief economist for the South Asian region. Devrajan was addressing questions raised by various anti-worldbank groups....... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Feb 26, 2008	S.B, the Higher Ed. Reformer?
Former Sri Lankan Minister, and the national organizer of the main opposition UNP, S.B. Dissanayake seems to 'get it' when it comes to Higher Education reform. Here's S.B. from an Interview with the Colombo Post : During 1960 to 70, our main five universities were included in the world’s...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Feb 21, 2008	Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Two)
ONE of the most hostile U.S. newspapers when it comes to Cuba, headquartered in Florida, offers the following report: “Taking advantage of the negotiations to free the Bay of Pigs’ prisoners, the CIA tried to use a key person in the talks, American lawyer James B. Donovan, to deliver a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Feb 21, 2008	Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate
(Part One) THESE reflections are self-explanatory. On the now well-known Super Tuesday, a day of the week when many U.S. states selected the candidate of their choice from among a pool of aspirants to the presidency of the United States, one of the possible candidates to substitute George...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Oct 18, 2007	What’s free in free education?
Since the dead C.W.W. Kannangara recently celebrated his birthday, I thought I’ll recycle an old blogpost I never quite completed.. -- Sri Lanka is said to have a free education policy, the state providing education at primary, secondary, and undergraduate levels free of charge. But is that...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 8, 2007	Obstacles to growth: Can Amunugama walk the talk?
The Rajapakse government certainly has more than its share of morons, who are more than willing to open their mouths and forget about their heads. Keheliya Rambukwella of course has the official designation closely imitated by other aspirants such as Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and that 5th minister of...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jun 27, 2007	India Unbound: An attempt at a review
I finished reading the book a few weeks ago, and I’m officially declaring it as one of my favorites. I’m sure many great men and women have reviewed this book much more objectively and eloquently than I could ever hope for. So this is not going to be your traditional review, in fact I’m...... [view]

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