The great errors -- Size matters -- The cost of the cold -- Geography is not destiny -- Siberia : plenty of room for error -- Disconnected Russia -- Taking stock : how much has changed? -- Can Russia shrink? -- Russia of the mind -- Tearing down Potemkin Russia

Preface and Introduction -- Preface to the Second Edition -- I. The Basic Concepts of Linear Models -- 1.1. Economic Equation Systems -- 1.2. Some Conventions of Notation -- 1.3. The Basic Block-Equation -- 1.4. Some Types of Relations -- 1.5. The Nature of Stochastic Relations -- 1.6....