LEADER 04231nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910458381603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-99221-3 010 $a0-8157-3115-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000389874 035 $a(EBL)1069059 035 $a(OCoLC)818846714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000124654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000124654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10045220 035 $a(PQKB)10106672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069059 035 $a(OCoLC)614497840 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35328 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069059 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224508 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL430471 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000389874 100 $a20070813d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCollapse of an empire$b[electronic resource] $elessons for modern Russia /$fYegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-3114-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-314) and index. 327 $aThe grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce. 330 $a"Uses world history, the Soviet experience, and economic analysis to demonstrate why Russian nostalgia for empire could lead to repeating past strategies that result in instability, leaving Russia vulnerable to economic downturns"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991- 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1985-1991 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 676 $a947.085 700 $aGai?dar$b E. T$g(Egor Timurovich)$0750152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458381603321 996 $aCollapse of an empire$92455252 997 $aUNINA