Russian Abstract: Переход земли в такую форму собственности, в которой она служила бы к выгоде того, кто непосредственно трудится на ней, был одним из лозунгов революции....

English Abstract: There are many ways to measure land rent. During Perestroika there were historical conditions that allowed to measure land rent as it was wanted by Henry Georg, the author of the project of socialization of land rent as an alternative to taxation. (Among these conditions there...

The research on the structure of macroeconomic metamodels began in 1976 and included the development of the archetypes, 10-year scenarios and their validation for three periods until the structures were validated. The goal was to find the drivers of economic growth and sustainability. It...

How can we explain the economic endurance of the post-Soviet unrecognized states? Drawing insights from the literature on economic institutions, rentier states, and patron-client relations, this article explores the resource extraction strategies of de facto states via a paired comparison of...

In the presence of (at least locally) increasing returns to scale tech- nologies, the paper asks the question: does there exist an economic system which implements Pareto efficient allocations and respects the voluntary participation principle? To answer this question, the paper formulates an...

This analytical review covers macroeconomic and social developments across the post-socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union (CEE and FSU) between 2018 and 2023. The emphasis is on historical continuity given the mix of the latest global and regional shocks. This...

Does exposure to violence create more politically engaged citizens? In a PNAS paper, Barceló (2021) asks this provocative question and proposes an intricate and original socio-psychological theory to answer it. Barceló also employs a research design that seeks to account for reverse causality...

This paper explores the rise of money and class society in ancient Greece, drawing historical and theoretical parallels to the case of ancient Egypt. In doing so, the paper examines the historical applicability of the chartalist and metallist theories of money. It will be shown that the origins...

This paper explores the rise of money and class society in ancient Greece, drawing historical and theoretical parallels to the case of ancient Egypt. In doing so, the paper examines the historical applicability of the chartalist and metallist theories of money. It will be shown that the origins...