The Former Soviet Union in TransitionM.E. Sharpe, 1993 - 1222 sivua A collection of papers assessing the economies of the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, prepared by a large number of government and private experts at the request of the Joint Economic Committee, US Congress. The volume is divided into six sections: the transition to market economies; integration into the world economy; key sectoral developments (energy/agriculture/environment/science/ transportation); defense and conversion; human resources affecting the economy; and political- economic profiles. Each section is introduced with an overview essay. Paper edition (unseen), $35. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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POSTSOVIET ECONOMIC REFORMS IN PERSPECTIVE | 57 |
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BY REPUBLIC IN THE FORMER USSR 198190 | 81 |
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES GORBACHEVS POLICIES AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SOVIET UNION | 120 |
THE NEW EAST AND ITS PREFERRED TRADE REGIME THE IMPACT OF SOVIET DISINTEGRATION | 145 |
WHOS FEEDING WHOM? AN ANALYSIS OF SOVIET INTERREPUBLIC TRADE | 162 |
D Science and Transportation | 594 |
CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS | 607 |
THE POSTSOVIET SPACE PROGRAM | 624 |
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COLLABORATION WITH FORMER SOVIET COUNTRIES | 643 |
TOWARD A CIS PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR INVENTIONS | 660 |
IV DEFENSE AND CONVERSION | 676 |
PROGRAM FOR THE 1990s AND BEYOND | 681 |
RUSSIAN DEFENSE POLICY AFTER THE BREAKUP | 699 |
HERITAGE OF THE GORBACHEV ERA | 183 |
A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD | 195 |
A BALTIC CASE STUDY | 217 |
THE GAINS FROM PRIVATIZATION | 239 |
SOME COMPARISONS WITH CENTRAL EUROPE | 254 |
MEASURING THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN RUSSIA | 272 |
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND INDEXATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 289 |
SOCIAL SECURITY IN TRANSITION IN THE SOVIET UNION 19851991 AND IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1992 | 310 |
IS THERE A BASIS FOR FREE ENTERPRISE? | 329 |
PROSPECTS FOR COMMERCE A FRENCH PERSPECTIVE | 344 |
PROSPECTS FOR COMMERCE A GERMAN PERSPECTIVE | 352 |
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE SOVIET SUCCESSOR STATES | 359 |
THE ROLE OF EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES IN THE NEW EAST | 376 |
FROM RICHES TO RAGS? | 388 |
THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CONVERTIBILITY | 404 |
RUBLE CONVERTIBILITY AND EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EQUILIBRIUM | 421 |
OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES | 438 |
III KEY SECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS | 454 |
A Energy | 460 |
REPUBLIC ENERGY SECTORS AND INTERSTATE DEPENDENCIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES AND GEORG... | 476 |
A SUMMARY REPORT OF THREE MISSIONS LED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | 505 |
DIFFERENCES IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD CONSUMPTION AMONG THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | 513 |
US AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AND ASSISTANCE TO THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | 540 |
WIDESPREAD AND COSTLY | 576 |
CONVERSION OF MILITARY INDUSTRIES IN THE SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | 712 |
THE CHALLENGE FACING PLANT MANAGERS | 725 |
CHINAS UNHERALDED DEFENSE CONVERSION | 734 |
RUSSIAN DEFENSE CONVERSION UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT | 749 |
CONVERSION REGIONAL ECONOMIES AND DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA | 762 |
THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIES OF THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES OF EURASIA | 778 |
V HUMAN RESOURCES AFFECTING THE ECONOMY | 786 |
DEMOGRAPHIC PROSPECTS IN THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | 790 |
A NOTE ON THE EMIGRATION OF RUSSIAS TECHNICAL INTELLIGENTSIA | 815 |
CONTINUING NEGATIVE HEALTH TRENDS IN THE FORMER USSR | 835 |
FROM REFORM TO FRAGMENTATION TO TRANSITION | 847 |
THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND REFORM IN THE HOUSING SECTOR OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | 868 |
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION IN THE FORMER USSR | 884 |
VI POLITICALECONOMIC PROFILES | 904 |
RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 15 FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS | 908 |
RUSSIA | 945 |
UKRAINE | 956 |
THE CENTRAL ASIAN STATES | 966 |
THE TRANSCAUCASUS | 974 |
MOLDOVA | 985 |
BELARUS | 998 |
ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS | 1014 |
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The Former Soviet Union in Transition United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee,John Pearce Hardt Rajoitettu esikatselu - 1993 |
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Sivu 35 - But apart from this contemporary mood, the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.
Sivu 35 - But, soon or late, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
Sivu xxiii - W. Averell Harriman Institute for the Advanced Study of the Soviet Union.
Sivu 36 - Now freed of these constraints, it is easy to imagine these competitive impulses racing ahead of our Western form of corporate capitalism, which has grown flabby and slow. It is possible to imagine a future of Russian capitalism that asserts itself early in the 21st century as the envy of the world.