{"id":3946,"date":"2019-01-31T08:38:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T08:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2019-01-31T08:38:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T08:38:36","slug":"debate-sessions-on-contemporary-macroeconomic-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/debate-sessions-on-contemporary-macroeconomic-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Sessions on Contemporary Macroeconomic Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3946 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/debate-sessions-on-contemporary-macroeconomic-issues\/dsc_4259\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4259.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4259.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4259-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_4259-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3947'>\n\t\t\t\t????????\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Department of Business Economics offers BEC 2340: Macroeconomics course for eleven departments of the Faculty of Management Studies of Commerce in order to provide students with the understanding of the aggregate economic systems and to train students in macroeconomic analysis.<\/p>\n<p>In achieving the intended objectives the course, the department organizes various types of activities. Accordingly, a series of debate sessions was organized on contemporary macroeconomic issues prevailing in Sri Lanka which was held on the 21<sup>st<\/sup> January 2019 at the premises of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce. Thereby, fourteen debate sessions were taken place under two debate motions; \u2018does privatization serve public interest?\u2019 and \u2018should exchange rate be controlled?\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3946 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/debate-sessions-on-contemporary-macroeconomic-issues\/dsc_4259\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"580\" 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