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Common Minimum Programme for Economic Recovery Compiled by the National Movement for Social Justice People waiting for their turn to purchase a gas cylinder Source:Dailymirror We are in the throes of an unprecedented crisis. No useful comparisons may be drawn from the 2001- 02 period of negative economic growth. The only analogue may be from 90 years ago, when per capita GDP collapsed from USD 80 to 33 in a few years as part of the Sri Lankan manifestation of the Great Depression.  Sri Lanka has the highest income inequality in South Asia (between China and the US in international comparisons) and provided little compensation for the harms caused by the pandemic and lockdowns. Our citizens in the lower deciles are unable to withstand more shocks. It will not be possible to get out of this crisis without any pain. But the pain can be minimized, especially for the most ...