Commentary
The story of Sri Lanka’s demise into chaos, poverty, and lawlessness is tragic—but another warning sign of what happens when leftist ideas take hold.
People stand in a queue to buy kerosene oil for home use at a petrol station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 17, 2022. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
Stephen Moore
Author
Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
