The Roots of Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis
Jul 14, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Sri Lanka’s escalating political and economic crises came to a head this week when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and submitted his resignation. WSJ’s Philip Wen describes the roots of the crisis -- and what pushed this highly indebted nation over the edge, into rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine.Further reading:
-Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis Tests China’s Role as Financier to Poor Countries
-Sri Lanka’s President Resigns Over Email After Fleeing Country
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