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Sri Lanka’s Tragic Tale of ‘Going Green’

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Sri Lanka’s Tragic Tale of ‘Going Green’
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
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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.

Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore
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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.”
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