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How capitalism was built : the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia / / Anders Aslund
| How capitalism was built : the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia / / Anders Aslund |
| Autore | Aslund Anders <1952-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, NY, : Cambridge University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 330.9470009/049 |
| Soggetto topico |
Post-communism - Former communist countries
Privatization - Former communist countries |
| ISBN |
1-107-17864-9
1-281-08523-5 9786611085230 0-511-79041-4 0-511-34212-8 0-511-34159-8 0-511-34101-6 0-511-57331-6 0-511-34265-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Communism and its demise. Real socialism. Decline and fall of socialism. The demise of communism in Central Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union -- Shock therapy vs. gradualism. The radical reform program : a big bang. Gradual reform programs. Rent seeking : the scourge of transition. Criticism of radical reform after the Russian financial crash -- Output : slump and recovery. Sharp decline in recorded output and varied recovery. Exaggeration of the slump. Radical reform : least decline and early recovery. Late reformers : surged after 1998 -- Liberalization : the creation of a market economy. Different strategies of deregulation. Liberalization of foreign trade. Labor market policy. Combat of monopoly : gas and coal. A big bang : vital in deregulation -- From hyperinflation to financial stability. Establishing national currencies. Radical fiscal adjustment was key. Tax policy : from social democratic to liberal. Monetary policy : from loose to strict. Exchange rates : currency board or free float. Dramas of financial stabilization -- Privatization : the establishment of private property rights. Differing aims of privatization. Small-scale privatization : if started, swiftly done. Large-scale privatization : the biggest headache. Privatization of land, real estate, and housing. New enterprise development : the ultimate success. Great achievements of privatization. Vital : speed and legitimacy of property rights -- An inefficient social system. Incomes : differentiation and poverty. Life and health. Education adjusting to demand. Social transfers and pension reform. Alternative social models -- Democracy vs authoritarianism. Democratic breakthrough : critical for successful transformation. An under-reform trap. Renewed democratization : colored revolutions. Parties, electoral rules, and constitutions. How to tame the leviathan : reform of the communist state. Public opinion and ideology. Democracy and democracy aid -- From crime toward law. An explosion of crime. Attempts at building a legal system. Corruption : the bane of transition -- The role of oligarchs. Who are the oligarchs? The economics of oligarchy. The politics of oligarchy. Complaints : a matter of ideology. A question of property rights. Putin's alternative : centralized dictatorship -- The role of international assistance. The dream of Europe. Western failure to act in the East. Trade policy : a gulf between the EU and the CIS. International assistance : insufficient but crucial -- Conclusions : a world transformed. Different models. Achievements and revelations. Why certain polices worked while others did not. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809016703321 |
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| Cambridge ; ; New York, NY, : Cambridge University Press, 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The last shall be the first : the East European financial crisis, 2008-10 / / Anders Aslund
| The last shall be the first : the East European financial crisis, 2008-10 / / Anders Aslund |
| Autore | Aslund Anders <1952-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.9470009/0511 |
| Soggetto topico |
Financial crises - Europe, Eastern
Banks and banking - Europe, Eastern |
| ISBN |
1-282-88302-X
9786612883026 0-88132-599-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Causes and eruption of the financial crisis -- Political economy of crisis resolution -- The exchange rate dilemma -- The banking crisis that never materialized -- International cooperation in crisis -- Why Eastern Europe acted so responsibly -- Eastern Europe and the fiscal crisis in the Eurozone -- Toward European convergence. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817077503321 |
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Aslund Anders <1952->
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| Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Russia's capitalist revolution : why market reform succeeded and democracy failed / / Anders Aslund
| Russia's capitalist revolution : why market reform succeeded and democracy failed / / Anders Aslund |
| Autore | Aslund Anders <1952-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.947 |
| Soggetto topico | Capitalism - Russia (Federation) |
| ISBN |
1-281-12515-6
9786611125158 0-88132-483-3 1-4356-1643-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Russian Federation map -- Introduction -- Definitions of Democracy and Market Economy -- Theses of This Book -- The Structure of This Book -- Chapter 1 Perestroika-The Great Awakening: 1985-87 -- Why Perestroika Started -- Mikhail Gorbachev and the Outstanding Provincials -- Early Perestroika: Cautious Economic Reforms to Boost Growth -- Glasnost: Shattering All Illusions -- New Thinking on Foreign Policy -- Why Gorbachev's Attempt at Chinese Reforms Failed -- Special photo section -- An Untenable Mix of Changes -- Chapter 2 The Collapse: 1988-91 -- Elite Division: Yeltsin, Ligachev, and Gorbachev Part Company -- Democratization -- National Revival and Disputes -- The Demise of the Plan and the Rise of Rent Seeking -- A Parade of Reform Programs -- Collapse of the Outer Empire -- Economic Collapse -- Political Collapse: Yeltsin at His Peak -- An Overdetermined Collapse -- Chapter 3 Revolution: 1991-93 -- Yeltsin's Assumption of Power -- Dissolution of the Soviet Union -- Attempt at Radical Market Reform -- Parlimentary Revolt Against the President -- Ambitious Mass Privatization -- Abortive Financial Stabilization -- Failure of the West to Act -- Dissolution of the Parliament and Shootout at the White House -- Great Achievements but Mixed Results -- Chapter 4 The Rise and Fall of State Enterprise Managers: 1994-95 -- The New Constitution -- The December 1993 Elections and the End of the Reform Government -- The State Enterprise Managers -- The Making of Gazprom -- Precarious Financial Stabilization -- The Rise of Organized Crime -- The First Chechnya War -- Halt of Reform Exacerbated Social Costs -- Chapter 5 The Oligarchy: 1996-98 -- Who Were the Oligarchs? -- The Loans-for-Shares Privatization -- The 1996 Presidential Elections: Oligarchs and Reformers United.
False Dawn of Reform: The Bankers' War, 1997 -- The Financial Crash of August 1998 -- NATO and G-7 Enlargement -- Assessing the Oligarchs -- Chapter 6 Postrevolutionary Stabilization: 1999-2003 -- Finally Financial Stabilization -- President Yeltsin's Final Days -- Vladimir Putin: KGB Lieutenant-Colonel -- The Second Chechnya War -- Putin's Assumption of Power: Elections of 1999 and 2000 -- Muzzling of the Media -- Centralization of Federal Power -- The Gref Program: Second Generation of Economic Reform -- Dictatorship of Law -- Serious Efforts to Join the WTO -- Siloviki, Oligarchs, and Reformers: Who Is Mr. Putin? -- Chapter 7 Authoritarianism and Recentralization: 2004-07 -- The Yukos Affair: The End of the Oligarchy -- Elections of 2003 and 2004 -- Inauspicious Start of Putin's Second Term -- Consolidating Authoritarian Rule: Deinstitutionalization -- Renationalization: The Creation of the Kremlin, Inc. -- Toward State Capitalism? -- Corruption: Rationalized but Pervasive -- Colored Revolutions -- A New Distance from the West -- Does Russia Suffer from an Energy Curse? -- Putin's Model: Back to Nicholas I -- Chapter 8 Conclusions: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed -- Market Economy but No Democracy -- Russia's Capitalist Revolution -- Russia's History Is That of Its Leaders and Their Ideas -- Early, Radical, and Comprehensive Reforms Most Effective -- Essence of Privatization: Legitimate Property Rights -- Policymaking in the Midst of a Revolution -- Foreign Aid: Limited but Important -- Russia's Future: Contradiction Between Economic Miracle and Reactionary Politics -- References -- Chronology -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818870503321 |
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Aslund Anders <1952->
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| Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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