Russian Abstract: Данный текст является введением в книгу "Стратегия долгосрочного процветания: в поисках растаявшего ориентира". "Стратегия… " является продолжением и...

Russian Abstract: Собранный в записке легко проверяемый материал ставит под большое сомнение представления о том, что богатые (тем более богатейшие – занимающие первые...

Russian Abstract: "Стратегия…" является продолжением и дополнением работы "Институциональные ограничения современного экономического роста", впервые вышедшей в 2011...

Conflict of interest of welfare dependent voter creates wrong incentives. These incentives inherent to universal suffrage, yield consequences, as predicted by John Adams back in the 18-th century. Historically the rise of the modern welfare state might be traced to the emergence of mainstream...

The voter - bureaucrat is locked into a situation of a conflict of interests: as a conscientious citizen, he or she should support optimal expenditure levels for providing certain public goods, but as a person whose wellbeing and career depend on the volume of expenditures for providing public...

In March, Russia was faced with the unsavory prospect of a considerable loss of funds kept by Russian enterprises and individuals in Cyprus, traditionally one of the most attractive jurisdictions for Russian businesses A significant portion of those funds was frozen or seized by the Cypriot...

January 2013 saw yet another surge in protests in Russia – now caused by Vladimir Putin's approval, on New Year's eve, of the draft law banning U.S. citizens to adopt Russian orphans (it should be noted that Russia's authorities have so far failed to offer the orphans anything worth mentioning...

In December 2012, the so-called ‘Magnitsky Law' came into force in the United States. This law empowers and obliges the U.S. President to compose the list of persons responsible for the death of the Hermitage Capital Management investment fund's counselor Sergey Magnitsky and persons violating...