Bastiat & Neoliberal Hegemonic Project: A Response To Dr Wijewardena April 7, 2015 | Filed under: Colombo Telegraph , Opinion | Posted by: COLOMBO_TELEGRAPH By Sumanasiri Liyanage - Sumanasiri Liyanage Dr. W A Wijewardena ’s article, Is Capitalism Immoral: Not at All Says Atlas Network’s Tom Palmer , turns me back to my pet subject, the history of social and economic thought. Some economics departments in Sri Lankan universities have already dropped this important subject while others are downgrading its significance in the course structure. Dr. Wijewardena was referring to a talk given by Tom G Palmer at the Sri Lanka Chapter of Bastiat Society . I must confess I have never heard of Tom G Palmer or the Sri Lanka Chapter of Bastiat Society . Nonetheless, it seems clear that the whole idea of this talk as well as Dr. Wijewardena’s article is to offer legitimacy to capitalism and its latest phase, neoliberalism , including the undefined economic polic