The paper contains an in-depth analysis of basic trends in Russian industrial production during the mid-2008 - 2009 crisis. Dramatic changes in output and profits by sector are considered, as well as companies' reaction to these challenges. Certain aspects of recent government anti-crisis policy...

The paper analyses the idea of “secular stagnation” actively discussed in the recent economic literature. It examines the most popular versions of this idea offered by T. Kowen, R. Gordon and L. Summers. Author concludes that in the next decades a slowdown of economic growth in the U.S. is...