Russia [[electronic resource] ] : a long view / / Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462750203321
• Autore: Gaĭdar E. T (Egor Timurovich)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012
• ISBN: 0-262-30438-4; 1-283-69197-3; 0-262-30530-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (563 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BouisAntonina W
• Disciplina: 330.947
• Soggetti: Economic history; Electronic books.; Russia (Federation) Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translated from the Russian.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modern economic growth -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: An important Russian economist and politician takes a long view of economic history and Russia's development.