Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the validity of rival theorisations of the hidden economy that … formal employment or an alternative to the formal economy. Until now, the common tendency among economic theorists has been … representation of particular types of hidden work in Moscow, no one theory fully captures the diverse nature of the hidden economy in …

evolution of, and currrent debates within, modern macroeconomics. A world-renowned economist and prolific author since the 1930s …

on the national economy. The crisis has made it evident that it is necessary to change the character of Russia …’s participation in the world division of labor. Russian export should rise on the base of development of the manufacturing industry …

Russia’s short-term economic growth has accelerated above its long term trend, defying weak global conditions. In 2007 …, the economy grew by 8.1 percent on the heels of very high (and perhaps unsustainable) oil prices, robust domestic demand … infrastructure constraints, and real wage increases outpacing productivity gains, however, suggest that the economy is overheating, i …