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  • A man looks on as he waits outside his house during the power cut in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 30, 2022.

    Reflections on the Sri Lankan economic crisis

    Originally published: Global South Colloquy (GSC) on April 30, 2022 (more by Global South Colloquy (GSC))

    The American establishment and the new cold-warriors of that country put the blame on the Sri Lankan government’s developing close economic relations with China (and we shall no doubt hear much more of it in the coming days); others blame the sheer “irresponsibility” of the government which is accused of “sleeping” when Sri Lanka’s external debt was building up.