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How Capitalism Was Built

The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

By: Anders Aslund

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How Capitalism Was Built

The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

By: Anders Aslund

This second edition updates all chapters and covers the impacts of the global financial crisis and the European Union.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107026547

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Russia's Crony Capitalism

The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy

By: Anders Aslund

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Russia's Crony Capitalism

The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy

By: Anders Aslund

A penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its implications for Russia’s future This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his friends from the KGB, he has enriched his business friends from Saint Petersburg with preferential government deals. Thus, Putin has created a super wealthy and loyal plutocracy that owes its existence to authoritarianism. Much of this wealth has been hidden in offshore havens in the United States and the United Kingdom, where companies with anonymous owners and black money transfers are allowed to thrive. Though beneficial to a select few, this system has left Russia’s economy in untenable stagnation, which Putin has tried to mask through military might.

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Yale University Press

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030024486X

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Ukraine

What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

By: Anders Aslund

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Ukraine

What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

By: Anders Aslund

Ukraine has been wracked by a year of unprecedented political, economic, and military turmoil. Russian military aggression in the east and a legacy of destructive policies and corruption have created an imminent existential crisis for this young democracy. Yet Ukraine also has a great opportunity to break out of economic underperformance. In this study, Anders Åslund, one of the world's leading experts on Ukraine, traces Ukraine's evolution as a market economy starting with the fall of communism and examines the economic impact of its recent difficulties. Åslund argues that Ukraine must undertake sweeping political, economic, social, and government reforms to achieve prosperity and independence. For its part, the West must abandon its hesitant approach and provide broad economic assistance to help Ukraine transform itself.

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Peterson Institute for International Economics

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How Capitalism Was Built

The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

By: Anders Aslund

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The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

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This second edition updates all chapters and covers the impacts of the global financial crisis and the European Union.

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Economic Reform in Ukraine: The Unfinished Agenda

The Unfinished Agenda

By: Anders Aslund,Georges De Menil

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Economic Reform in Ukraine: The Unfinished Agenda

The Unfinished Agenda

By: Anders Aslund,Georges De Menil

Ukraine may have taken a "gradualist" approach to economic reform, but the results have been no better than in Russia. The editors have assembled the leading specialists on the Ukrainian economy, including officials from major Ukrainian and international economic institutions, to outline the major problems of the economy, analyze the initial phases of economic reform in Ukraine, assess their outcomes, and chart the way forward.

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Routledge

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1315500078

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Russia's Crony Capitalism

The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy

By: Anders Aslund

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The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy

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Europe's Growth Challenge

By: Anders Åslund,Simeon Djankov

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Europe's Growth Challenge

By: Anders Åslund,Simeon Djankov

A cogent and systematic look at the ways in which enacting fiscal and governmental policy changes might reinvigorate Europe's stagnant economy.

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Oxford University Press

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0190499206

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How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy

By: Anders Åslund

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How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy

By: Anders Åslund

One of Europe's old nations steeped in history, Ukraine is today an undisputed independent state. It is a democracy and has transformed into a market economy with predominant private ownership. Ukraine's postcommunist transition has been one of the most protracted and socially costly, but it has taken the country to a desirable destination. Åslund's vivid account of Ukraine's journey begins with a brief background, where he discusses the implications of Ukraine's history, the awakening of society because of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms, the early democratization, and the impact of the ill-fated Soviet economic reforms. He then turns to the reign of President Leonid Kravchuk from 1991 to 1994, the only salient achievement of which was nation-building, while the economy collapsed in the midst of hyperinflation. The first two years of Leonid Kuchma's presidency, from 1994 to 1996, were characterized by substantial achievements, notably financial stabilization and mass privatization. The period 1996–99 was a miserable period of policy stagnation, rent seeking, and continued economic decline. In 2000 hope returned to Ukraine. Viktor Yushchenko became prime minister and launched vigorous reforms to cleanse the economy from corruption, and economic growth returned. The ensuing period, 2001–04, amounted to a competitive oligarchy. It was quite pluralist, although repression increased. Economic growth was high. The year 2004 witnessed the most joyful period in Ukraine, the Orange Revolution, which represented Ukraine's democratic breakthrough, with Yushchenko as its hero. The postrevolution period, however, has been characterized by great domestic political instability; a renewed, explicit Russian threat to Ukraine's sovereignty; and a severe financial crisis. The answers to these challenges lie in how soon the European Union fully recognizes Ukraine's long-expressed identity as a European state, how swiftly Ukraine improves its malfunctioning constitutional order, and how promptly it addresses corruption.

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Columbia University Press

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0881325066

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How Latvia Came Through the Financial Crisis

By: Anders Åslund,Valdis Dombrovskis

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How Latvia Came Through the Financial Crisis

By: Anders Åslund,Valdis Dombrovskis

Latvia stands out as the East European country hardest hit by the global financial crisis; it lost approximately 25 percent of its GDP between 2008 and 2010. It was also the most overheated economy before the crisis. But in the second half of 2010, Latvia returned to economic growth. How did this happen so quickly? Current Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, who shepherded Latvia through the crisis, and renowned author Anders slund discuss why the Latvian economy became so overheated; why an IMF and European Union stabilization program was needed; what the Latvian government did to resolve the financial crisis and why it made these choices; and what the outcome has been. This book offers a rare insider's look at how a national government responded to a global financial crisis, made tough choices, and led the country back to economic growth.

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Peterson Institute

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088132602X

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The United States Should Establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia

By: Anders Åslund

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The United States Should Establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia

By: Anders Åslund

97 The United States Should Establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia

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Peterson Institute

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0881326208

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The Russia Balance Sheet

By: Anders Åslund

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The Russia Balance Sheet

By: Anders Åslund

Introduction : why Russia matters and how -- Russia's historical roots -- Political development : from disorder to recentralization of power -- Russia's economic revival : past recovery, future challenges -- Policy on oil and gas -- International economic integration, trade policy, and investment -- Challenges of demography and health -- Russian attitudes toward the West -- Russia as a post-imperial power -- Pressing the "reset button" on US-Russia relations -- Key facts on Russia, 2000-2008.

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0881325457

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Russia After the Global Economic Crisis

By: Anders Åslund,Sergei Guriev,Andrew Kuchins

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Russia After the Global Economic Crisis

By: Anders Åslund,Sergei Guriev,Andrew Kuchins

Russia After the Global Economic Crisis examines this important country after the financial crisis of 2007–09. The second book from The Russia Balance Sheet Project, a collaboration of two of the world's preeminent research institutions, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), not only assesses Russia's international and domestic policy challenges but also provides an all-encompassing review of this important country's foreign and domestic issues. The authors consider foreign policy, Russia and its neighbors, climate change, Russia's role in the world, domestic politics, and corruption.

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Columbia University Press

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0881325147

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Ukraine

What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

By: Anders Aslund

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What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

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How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy

By: Anders Åslund

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The Great Rebirth

Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism

By: Anders Aslund, Simeon Djankov

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The Great Rebirth

Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism

By: Anders Aslund, Simeon Djankov

The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the “great rebirth” of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were the most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that visionary leadership, and a willingness to take bold and comprehensive steps, achieved the best outcomes, and that privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation were essential to success. Recent backsliding, such as the reversal of economic and democratic reforms in Russia and Hungary, has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however.

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How Capitalism was Built

The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

By: Anders Åslund

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How Capitalism was Built

The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

By: Anders Åslund

Anders Aslund is known to make bold predictions that initially arouse controversy but soon become common wisdom. In Gorbachev's Struggle for Economic Reform (1989), he foresaw the collapse of the Soviet political and economic system. After Russia's financial crisis of 1998, observers declared the market economic experiment a failure, Aslund foresaw market economic success (Building Capitalism, 2002). In How Capitalism Was Built, 2nd Edition, he asks - and answers for the twenty-one countries he investigates: • Why did communism collapse? • Why did Russia not choose gradual reforms like China did? • Wherein lies the relative success of postcommunist transformation? • How did the oligarchs arise and decline vis-à-vis authoritarian leaders? Anyone who wants to understand the often confusing postcommunist dramas and obtain an early insight into the future will find this intellectually stimulating book useful. This edition includes updates to each chapter and new chapters on the impact of the global financial crisis and the European Union.

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1139778390

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Revolution in Orange

The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough

By: Anders Åslund,Michael McFaul

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Revolution in Orange

The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough

By: Anders Åslund,Michael McFaul

This volume explores the role of former president Kuchma and the oligarchs, societal attitudes, the role of the political opposition and civil society, the importance of the media, and the roles of Russia and the West"--Provided by publisher.

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Carnegie Endowment

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0870032216

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The Russia Balance Sheet

By: Anders Åslund

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The Russia Balance Sheet

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How Russia Became a Market Economy

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How Russia Became a Market Economy

By: Anders Åslund

This book provides the most detailed and insightful assessment to date of the Russian transformation from a socialist economy to a market economy. As a longtime specialist on the Soviet economy and an economic adviser to the Russian government during most of this period, Aslund analyzes the original intentions of the government, what they were to accomplish, and why they fell short. According to Aslund, the Russian transformation has not been too quick, as many maintain, but rather too slow.

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Transaction Publishers

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How Russia Became a Market Economy

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How Russia Became a Market Economy

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The breakup of the Soviet Union and the attempted transformation of Russia into a democracy and a market economy constitute one of the most significant events of our time. A transformation could hardly be greater, yet judgments vary from failure to substantial achievement. This book clarifies that Russia has actually become a market economy. Anders Aslund provides the most detailed and insightful assessment to date of the Russian transformation from a socialist economy to a market economy. His account covers the period from the formation of the Russian reform government in November 1991 through the autumn of 1994. He discusses the preconditions of economic reform, the formation of a reform program, relations with other former Soviet republics, liberalization, macroeconomic stabilization, and privatization. The final chapter evaluates the transformation. As a longtime specialist on the Soviet economy and an economic adviser to the Russian government during most of this period, Aslund analyzes the original intentions of the government, what they were able to accomplish, and why they fell short. The book's general conclusion is that the greater the speed, consistency, and determination, the more impressive the results. The main threat to the reform process was the resistance from the state enterprise managers, who wanted to enrich themselves at the expense of the state. The reformers could only win if they acted swiftly and firmly. According to Aslund, the Russian transformation has not been too quick, as many maintain, but rather too slow.

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