Siberian Curse
Subtitle: How Communist Planners Left Russia Out in the Cold
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780815736455
Subjects: European studies; Marxism & Communism; Population & demography; Siberia (Russia); Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Economics - Theory; Development - Economic Development; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Land settlement; Russia; Environmental Economics; Russia (Federation); Siberia; 20th century; Economic conditions; Economic geography; Forced migration; History
First sentence: As observers have looked at reform in Russia over the decade since the collapse of the USSR, they have assumed that if the old system that produced the wrong results in the past is now changed, the new system will produce the right results in the future.