May 11, 2018

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has thanked all SLFP led governments, which dominated the nation after 1977, for persevering with with the open financial system launched by late President J.R. Jayewardene. Test this in opposition to commerce: if Y=a hundred then M = 30, while X = 15, so the nation is indeed getting extra stuff than it makes; in additional technical language whole absorption (E) exceeds total output by 15, which is the quantity of the trade deficit. One can see this clearly in successful growing nations, where the recipes for development include openness, modern sectors, commerce, high levels of funding, and an expanding human-capital base.

Consider the experience of Northern Europe’s small developed countries, which tend to be open, and for good purpose: if they were not, they must over-diversify the tradeable parts of their economies to satisfy home demand. On this LP, we learn to analyse an open … Read the rest