Goldman, Marshall I.

The piratization of Russia : Russian reform goes awry / Marshall I. Goldman. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - viii, 289 p. ; 22 cm.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-278) and index.

Russia's financial bucaneers: the wild and wooly east -- Setting the stage: the Russian economy in the post-communist era -- The legacy of the czarist era: untenable and unsavory roots -- It's broke, so fix it: the Stalinist and Gorbachev legacies -- Privatization: good intentions but the wrong advice at the wrong time -- The nomenklatura oligarchs -- The upstart oligarchs -- FIMACO: the Russian Central Bank and money laundering at the highest -- Corruption, crime and the Russian mafia -- Who says there was no better way? -- Confidence or con game: what will it take?

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Oligarchy--Russia (Federation)
Commercial crimes--Russia (Federation)
Businessmen--Political activity.--Russia (Federation)
Política económica--Rusia


Russia (Federation)--Economic policy--1991-

HC 340.12 / G619p 2003

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