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Published in: openEconomyThe Bank vs the banks?The Governor of the Bank of England is making increasingly controversial and political statements about the way...
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Published in: oDRRussian modernisation: between chance and necessityModernisation is a task, not a problem. Russians must first want a modern country if it is to ever emerge. Alexander...
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Published in: oDRBP, Rosneft and Russia's open secretsBusiness is rarely just business in Russia, and the recent deal between Rosneft and BP is surely a case in point,...
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Published in: oDRSwitch on, switch off: how law sustains the Russian systemIn some card games, the aim is to collect as many cards as possible; in others it is to get rid of cards that have...
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Published in: oDRFridman: How I became an oligarchWhat do you need to succeed in business?A mixture of luck and good judgement, according to Mikhail Fridman, one of...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan's roads to stability
Afghanistan was not always the abyss it’s thought to be today. If it is to be stabilised, it needs to resume its...
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Published in: oDRYaroslau Romanchuk: my vision of a post-Lukashenka BelarusNext year's presidential elections offer a real opportunity of disposing a tired, weakened and unpopular Lukashenka,...
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Published in: openEconomyHow billionaires can help the world
The Giving Pledge promoted by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett is a huge commitment of funds by the super-rich to...
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Published in: oDR"Be innovative!", orders the Kremlin
The Russian attempt to build Silicon Valley in Skolkovo is a case of throwing good money after bad, argues Andrei...
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Published in: oDRBelarusian "godfather" falls out with his masters
On the eve of a Customs Union agreement between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian state television began an...
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Published in: openEconomyThe Gross Domestic Problem
Measuring activity better than GDP does is good but is no panacea
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Published in: oDRKickstarting the Kyrgyz economy
On 8 April 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced its second revolution in five years. The corrupt regime of President Bakiev...
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Published in: oDRRemembering Gaidar, man of many talents
Unfairly savaged by Russian populists, Russia’s radical reformer was a brilliant technocrat, a rigorous academic,...
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Published in: openEconomyRecovery requires redistribution
As governments everywhere struggle with cutting deficits without hammering the recovery from the financial crisis, a...
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Published in: HomeNetanyahu and the sanctioning of Iran
Israel’s attempt to rally support for energy sanctions against Iran look like failing, for good reason. They would...
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Published in: openEconomyPhilanthrocapitalism: the defense
Today's big philanthropists understand the power of politics, and Michael Edwards should give them more credit
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Published in: oDRRussian Reform at a Turning Point
Much of Russian history is characterized by pendulum swings between orthodoxy and reform to overcome backwardness....
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Published in: oDRRussian unemployment: massaging the stats
The economic crisis has hit Russian regions hard. Natalya Zubarevich deems government solutions to the resulting...
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Published in: openEconomyWhy social transformation is not a job for the market
Michael Edwards introduces his new book, "Small change, Why business won't change the world"
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Published in: oDRNot poverty, but lack of freedom
International economic indicators suggest that Russia’s problems are not those of the developing world. Relatively...
