The Siberian Curse How Communist Planners Left Russia Out in the Cold |
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| Author:
| Hill, Fiona
Gaddy, Clifford G. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8157-3645-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2003 |
| Publisher: | Brookings Institution Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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Can Russia ever become a normal, free-market, democratic society? Why have so many reforms failed since the Soviet Union's collapse? In this highly-original work, Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy argue that Russia's geography, history, and monumental mistakes perpetrated by Soviet planners have locked it into a dead-end path to economic ruin.
Can Russia ever become a normal, free-market, democratic society? Why have so many reforms failed since the Soviet Union's collapse? In this highly-original work, Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy argue that Russia's geography, history, and monumental mistakes perpetrated by Soviet planners have locked it into a dead-end path to economic ruin.