“Shock therapy” in Russia – origins and price. Critical analysis

The project explores the economic situation in the Soviet Union in 1991, the inner and external reasons for its aggravation and possible solutions of the economic crisis. The authors give a critical review of the theory and practice of the "shock therapy" policy of the 1990s.

The project was carried out in 2010. It was summarized in the analytical report A Shock Therapy of the 1990s: the Origin and the Cost

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Vadim Medvedev, project leader
Georgy Ostroumov, project participant