Russia : a long view / Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Contributor:

Bouis, Antonina W.

Standardized Title:

Dolgoe vremi͡a. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (563 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An important Russian economist and politician takes a long view of economic history and Russia's development.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Modern economic growth

Economic determinism and the twentieth-century experience

The general and the particular in modern economic growth

Agrarian societies and capitalism

Traditional agrarian society

A different path

The phenomenon of antiquity

Capitalism and the rise of Europe

The trajectory of Russia's development

Particular features of Russia's economic development

The collapse of an empire

Major issues of the postindustrial world

The post-socialist crisis and recovery growth

The dynamics of population and international migration

The state burden on the economy

The formation and crisis of systems of social safeguards

The evolution of education and healthcare systems

The transformation of the system for manning the armed forces

On the stability and flexibility of political systems

Epilogue

Bibliographical references

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Russian.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-30438-4

1-283-69197-3

0-262-30530-5

OCLC:

813932068