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Research paper thumbnail of Debatte

Zeitschrift f?r Weltgeschichte, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Insider Control and Investment Behaviour of Russian Corporations

EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Research paper thumbnail of Post-Soviet Capitalism in Russia and Digital Revolution

Critical Sociology

The article examines characteristics of digitalization in the Russian economy in its connection w... more The article examines characteristics of digitalization in the Russian economy in its connection with the semi-peripheral position of Russia. The reasons for the lack of efficiency of Russian digitalization and its uneven development in various economy sectors are explained. According to the authors, the root causes of this state of affairs can be seen even in the patterns of the degeneration and disintegration of the Soviet Union, when the features of rent-seeking behavior of the ruling elite were first identified. The article presents the results of a study into the needs for information resources in the sectors of the Russian economy (in comparison with the group of reference countries), which reflect the decline in those in industry and, on the contrary, the concentration in the research and development sector. The authors believe that these data confirm the conclusion about the selective and generally insufficient character of digitalization.

Research paper thumbnail of Position in the Global Market as a Factor of Economic Development of Russia

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-dependent capitalism

Research paper thumbnail of Colours of a revolution. Post-communist society, global capitalism and the Ukraine crisis

Third World Quarterly, 2020

The Ukraine crisis is usually treated either as Russia's return to the oldstyle empire-building (... more The Ukraine crisis is usually treated either as Russia's return to the oldstyle empire-building (the right) or as a clash of two imperialisms (the left). However, the essence of this crisis can be understood only from the dual perspective of the consequences of the Stalinist degeneration of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the modern global capitalism. The most rotten sections of the Soviet bureaucracy moved the society to capitalism. However, this effort could secure only a peripheral (Ukraine) or at best semi-peripheral (Russia) position in the capitalist world-system as a provider of cheap raw materials. Meanwhile, modern capitalism led to world economic crisis. In these conditions, the capital of the core capitalist countries obviously decided to strengthen its control over the periphery, and Russia's aspirations to secure its domination over the former Soviet space were in the way. To thwart them, Western powers decided to provoke a Ukraine crisis, exploiting Ukrainians' justified indignation at the backwardness and corruption inherent in their own peripheral capitalism. Hence, a study of the properties of the post-Soviet societies and their place in the world hierarchy is the key to understanding the Ukraine crisis.

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Developments and Institutional Obstacles to the Eurasian Project

The idea of Eurasian integration has deep roots in Russian history and culture. It was conditione... more The idea of Eurasian integration has deep roots in Russian history and culture. It was conditioned by the semiperipheral relation of Russia to Western Europe.1 The idea that Russia is neither East nor West but a peculiar East-West (Vostok-Zapad) area was one of the cherished ideas of Russian philosophy of history.2 The Russian ruling classes always experienced some pressure from expansion of the Western countries which were more developed economically and stronger militarily. The fear of falling behind its European competitors haunted the Russian state and prompted regular attempts at modernization. These attempts required great efforts to concentrate resources in the hands of the state. From this followed the need to organize the population of the vast territories that constituted the Russian Empire or the Soviet state. Modernization, in response to pressures from the core, has thus been the major reason for Eurasian integration, but its effectiveness has depended on the inner prop...

Research paper thumbnail of ”Development of underdevelopment” in Russia and other Post-Soviet Societies

The concept of ”development of underdevelopment”, suggested by A.G. Frank, assumed that dependent... more The concept of ”development of underdevelopment”, suggested by A.G. Frank, assumed that dependent societies are transformed by the dominating countries in the two key aspects. Firstly, their economies are reduced to a few industries, meeting demand of the metropolies. Secondly, their class structure is changed in two respects: (a) peasantry is deprived of land to provide cheap labour; and (b) comprador bourgeoisie is created from the local landlord class. Transformation of Russia and other former Soviet societies in Post-Soviet period closely resembles this picture. Degeneration of their manufacturing sector reduced their relatively diversified economies to suppliers of energy resources and some semi-processed goods to the world market. On the other hand, these societies went through transformation of their social structures. Impoverishment of population created a pool of cheap labour. At the same time, former state beaurocracy, criminal underworld and liberal intelligentsia created...

Research paper thumbnail of The Political Economy of Russia

The Palgrave Handbook of Critical International Political Economy, 2016

On the eve of the market reforms in Russia at the beginning of the 1990s the prominent Russian te... more On the eve of the market reforms in Russia at the beginning of the 1990s the prominent Russian television journalist organized a talk-show with the suggestive title “Do we need capitalism?” The broadcast was seen as a triumph for liberals over supposedly backward opponents of the new system. A highly regarded economist of the time explained the essence of the new “sole truthful doctrine” to viewers in popular fashion: “Imagine a small pie, cut into equal pieces. That’s socialism. Now imagine a big pie, cut into unequal pieces. Even the small pieces of the second pie are much bigger than in the first. That’s capitalism.” Another guest on the program then pointed to the simple, straightforward road to the promised consumer paradise: the state should get out of the economy. This, it was said, meant of course that the state should make way for ordinary citizens.

Research paper thumbnail of The conundrum of Russian capitalism: the post-Soviet economy in the world system

Choice Reviews Online, 2014

step for you to get success. This publication offer you information that perhaps your friend does... more step for you to get success. This publication offer you information that perhaps your friend doesn't learn, by knowing more than various other make you to be great persons. So , why hesitate? Let me have The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism: The Post-Soviet Economy in the World System.

Research paper thumbnail of The global crisis and its impact on the Eurasian Economic Union

European Politics and Society, 2016

ABSTRACT The present chapter is focused on the impact of the global crisis on the process of Eura... more ABSTRACT The present chapter is focused on the impact of the global crisis on the process of Eurasian integration. Its main idea is that the Eurasian integration is the response of the former Soviet societies to the crisis of the current capitalist world-system. The paper defines the nature of the current world-system as based on global ‘value chains’. The new Post-Soviet states are seen through the lens of the world-system approach, and treated as a form of peripheral or semi-peripheral societies. Their essence is understood as transferring a part of the incomes created by their populations to the core countries. Neoliberal ideology substantiates this. The world economic crisis revealed the vulnerability of such societies which are especially sensitive to global turbulence. The turmoil generated in Post-Soviet states by the world crisis demonstrated to the public and the elites of Post-Soviet states the failure of the neoliberal agenda. The Eurasian integration of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus is their response to the global crisis of the current capitalist world-system.

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Peripheral Russia and the Ukraine Crisis

International Critical Thought, 2016

The nature of Russia's nascent capitalism defines its Russian foreign policy and particularly its... more The nature of Russia's nascent capitalism defines its Russian foreign policy and particularly its involvement in the Ukraine crisis. The author rejects the "two imperialisms" thesis concerning East-West confrontation. He departs from the world-system approach and defines Russian capitalism as a semi-periphery of the world system. This means that Russia is half-dependent on the West. On the other hand, it is able to challenge Western hegemony on certain issues. The nature of the country's big business is seen as short-term, rent-seeking behaviour, inconsistent with sound investment and long-term development. Atomisation of the ruling class creates preconditions for a strong authoritative state. However, the Russian ruling elite is deeply split into two factions: one oriented to integration with the West (comprador elite) and the other favouring the strengthening of independent Russian capitalism. Russian foreign policy is shaped by the opposition and compromises between these two groups. That is the reason why it is so inconsistent and contradictory. Particularly in Ukraine, Russia tries to withstand Western challenge, but leaves open options for accommodation. The Russian attempt to make the West regard its national interests within the framework of the current world order, according to the present paper, is doomed to failure.

Research paper thumbnail of Russian neo-revisionist strategy and the Eurasian Project

Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2017

The article is focused on the real meaning of the Eurasian Integration Project for East–West rela... more The article is focused on the real meaning of the Eurasian Integration Project for East–West relations. The author departs from Sakwa’s treatment of Russian strategy as neo-revisionist. It does not aspire to change the current world order while trying to make the West observe its national interests within the existing framework. This perspective is treated in the article from the standpoint of world-systems analysis. The Eurasian Project is understood as a reaction of the Russian state to the failure of the neoliberal attempt to integrate into the world economy and the international security system. The two great trade mega-unions—the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Partnership—are seen as geoeconomic bolt clamps, which put Russia under enormous pressure. The Russian strategy in the Ukrainian and Syrian crises is designed to find the way out of strategic isolation. The Eurasian Union is expected by the Russian ruling elite to be an important tool to forest...

Research paper thumbnail of Cómo Rusia volvió al capitalismo. El desarrollo del subdesarrollo en sociedades postsoviéticas

Nueva Sociedad, 2014

El capitalismo contemporaneo de los paises de la Comunidad de Estados Independientes ( cei ) tien... more El capitalismo contemporaneo de los paises de la Comunidad de Estados Independientes ( cei ) tiene dos fuentes: la descomposicion de la burocracia sovietica y la influencia del capitalismo global. Pese a la publicidad de la epoca en favor de las reformas, estas no lograron conducir a la prosperidad y al crecimiento del bienestar de la poblacion. Casi un cuarto de siglo despues de la caida de la Union Sovietica, resulta claro que en los territorios del espacio postsovietico se consolido un capitalismo periferico, con una economia sustentada en amplios niveles de criminalidad empresarial, control informal de los activos, primarizacion y fuga de capitales.

Research paper thumbnail of Insider Rent Makes Russian Capitalism: A Rejoinder to Simon Pirani

Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 2011

The paper provides a rejoinder to Simon Pirani's critique of the insider rent model of the mo... more The paper provides a rejoinder to Simon Pirani's critique of the insider rent model of the modern Russian capitalism. It is argued that the notion of insider rent as a concrete form of surplus value allows one to grasp the historical dynamics of the Russian society in the 1990s–2000s. The author makes a point that under the favorable conditions of the last decade the strategies of Russian big business largely moved from short-term to medium-term time horizon. However, the system is still based on insider rent extraction. As a result, state functionaries often became large insiders themselves, intra-firm conflicts continue, the country's semi-peripheral status is entrenched, and authoritarianism strengthens. The paper concludes that analysis of the modern Russian society in insider rent perspective demonstrates continuity, rather than disruption, in development of the country s nascent capitalism in the 1990s and the 2000s.

Research paper thumbnail of Werewolves of Stalinism: Russia's Capitalists and their System

Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 2011

... extensive ties with business, are replaced. Examples include the ousting of Moscow Mayor Luzh... more ... extensive ties with business, are replaced. Examples include the ousting of Moscow Mayor Luzhkov, of Bashkir President Rakhimov, of Tatar President Shaymiev, and of a number of provincial governors. View all notes. Those who ...

Research paper thumbnail of Eichnerian megacorp and investment behaviour of Russian corporations

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2010

Despite the prolonged economic recovery in 1999-2008, investment by Russian corporations in produ... more Despite the prolonged economic recovery in 1999-2008, investment by Russian corporations in productive capacity was low and deficient in quality. Eichner's model of megacorp gives an insight into investment behaviour of Russian corporations due to its emphasis on indivisibility of investment decision, pricing and distribution of income between profits and wages. The typical Russian corporation is characterised by inseparability of ownership and management due to largely informal control of big insiders over enterprises. The groups, dominating over Russian corporations, seek to maximise the short-term rent. Along with a number of intra-firm conflicts this undermines both the supply of and the demand for investment funds.

Research paper thumbnail of Military Doctrine and the Social System (How, and Despite What, The USSR Was Victorious)

The victory of the USSR in its war against fascist Germany can be understood only in light of the... more The victory of the USSR in its war against fascist Germany can be understood only in light of the fate of the Russian revolution. The revolution opened the sluice-gates of the creative forces of our country's people. This found expression, in particular, in industrialisation and in rapid military construction. It also laid the objective foundations for victory in the war when it occurred. The triumphant revolution, however, underwent a degeneration whose effects included undermining the construction of military capability. This principal contradiction of Soviet history manifested itself clearly in the way the military strategy of the Red<br> Army was developed, and in the tragic fate of its authors. The Red Army's military doctrine was based on the tactic of battle in depth, on the theory of deep defensive and offensive operations, and on the doctrine of strategic defence and strategic counter-attack. With the devastation of the military cadres during the repressions o...

Research paper thumbnail of Дзарасов Р.С., Новоженов Д.В. Крупный бизнес и накопление капитала в современной России. - М.: УРСС, 2009

В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизн... more В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизнеса. Его институциональная природа рассматривается с альтернативных по отношению к неоклассике теоретических позиций. В центре внимания находится борьба рядовых работников, менеджмента и мелких акционеров фирмы с обладателями неформального контроля над ее финансовыми потоками. Этот конфликт по поводу распределения доходов является главным фактором, который вместе с нарушением макроэкономических условий воспроизводства подрывает инвестиции российских компаний. В работе дается широкая панорама специфики деятельности отечественных корпораций. Демонстрируется, как их инвестиционные стратегии предопределяют ущербность экономического развития современной России, ставшей по-существу страной периферийного капитализма.
На основе своей концепции кризиса отечественной экономики, авторы выдвигают модель планово-рыночного хозяйства. Она основана на комплексе институциональных и макроэкономических мероприятий, позволяющих устранить неформальный контроль над предприятиями, разрешить корпоративные конфликты и обеспечить эффективную стратегию долгосрочного роста народного хозяйства.
Книга рассчитана на специалистов по инвестиционному анализу и менеджменту, студентов, аспирантов и исследователей, изучающих крупный отечественный бизнес, всех, кто интересуется актуальными проблемами экономического развития России.

КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Теория фирмы, посткейнсианство, инвестиции, корпоративное управление, инсайдерская рента, ценовой диспаритет.

Research paper thumbnail of Крупный бизнес и накопление капитала в современной России

В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизн... more В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизнеса. Его институциональная природа рассматривается с альтернативных по отношению к неоклассике теоретических позиций. В центре внимания находится борьба рядовых работников, менеджмента и мелких акционеров фирмы с обладателями неформального контроля над ее финансовыми потоками. Этот конфликт по поводу распределения доходов является главным фактором, который вместе с нарушением макроэкономических условий воспроизводства подрывает инвестиции российских компаний. В работе дается широкая панорама специфики деятельности отечественных корпораций. Демонстрируется, как их инвестиционные стратегии предопределяют ущербность экономического развития современной России, ставшей по-существу страной периферийного капитализма.
На основе своей концепции кризиса отечественной экономики, авторы выдвигают модель планово-рыночного хозяйства. Она основана на комплексе институциональных и макроэкономических мероприятий, позволяющих устранить неформальный контроль над предприятиями, разрешить корпоративные конфликты и обеспечить эффективную стратегию долгосрочного роста народного хозяйства.
Книга рассчитана на специалистов по инвестиционному анализу и менеджменту, студентов, аспирантов и исследователей, изучающих крупный отечественный бизнес, всех, кто интересуется актуальными проблемами экономического развития России.

КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Теория фирмы, посткейнсианство, инвестиции, корпоративное управление, инсайдерская рента, ценовой диспаритет.

Research paper thumbnail of Debatte

Zeitschrift f?r Weltgeschichte, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Insider Control and Investment Behaviour of Russian Corporations

EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Research paper thumbnail of Post-Soviet Capitalism in Russia and Digital Revolution

Critical Sociology

The article examines characteristics of digitalization in the Russian economy in its connection w... more The article examines characteristics of digitalization in the Russian economy in its connection with the semi-peripheral position of Russia. The reasons for the lack of efficiency of Russian digitalization and its uneven development in various economy sectors are explained. According to the authors, the root causes of this state of affairs can be seen even in the patterns of the degeneration and disintegration of the Soviet Union, when the features of rent-seeking behavior of the ruling elite were first identified. The article presents the results of a study into the needs for information resources in the sectors of the Russian economy (in comparison with the group of reference countries), which reflect the decline in those in industry and, on the contrary, the concentration in the research and development sector. The authors believe that these data confirm the conclusion about the selective and generally insufficient character of digitalization.

Research paper thumbnail of Position in the Global Market as a Factor of Economic Development of Russia

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-dependent capitalism

Research paper thumbnail of Colours of a revolution. Post-communist society, global capitalism and the Ukraine crisis

Third World Quarterly, 2020

The Ukraine crisis is usually treated either as Russia's return to the oldstyle empire-building (... more The Ukraine crisis is usually treated either as Russia's return to the oldstyle empire-building (the right) or as a clash of two imperialisms (the left). However, the essence of this crisis can be understood only from the dual perspective of the consequences of the Stalinist degeneration of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the modern global capitalism. The most rotten sections of the Soviet bureaucracy moved the society to capitalism. However, this effort could secure only a peripheral (Ukraine) or at best semi-peripheral (Russia) position in the capitalist world-system as a provider of cheap raw materials. Meanwhile, modern capitalism led to world economic crisis. In these conditions, the capital of the core capitalist countries obviously decided to strengthen its control over the periphery, and Russia's aspirations to secure its domination over the former Soviet space were in the way. To thwart them, Western powers decided to provoke a Ukraine crisis, exploiting Ukrainians' justified indignation at the backwardness and corruption inherent in their own peripheral capitalism. Hence, a study of the properties of the post-Soviet societies and their place in the world hierarchy is the key to understanding the Ukraine crisis.

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Developments and Institutional Obstacles to the Eurasian Project

The idea of Eurasian integration has deep roots in Russian history and culture. It was conditione... more The idea of Eurasian integration has deep roots in Russian history and culture. It was conditioned by the semiperipheral relation of Russia to Western Europe.1 The idea that Russia is neither East nor West but a peculiar East-West (Vostok-Zapad) area was one of the cherished ideas of Russian philosophy of history.2 The Russian ruling classes always experienced some pressure from expansion of the Western countries which were more developed economically and stronger militarily. The fear of falling behind its European competitors haunted the Russian state and prompted regular attempts at modernization. These attempts required great efforts to concentrate resources in the hands of the state. From this followed the need to organize the population of the vast territories that constituted the Russian Empire or the Soviet state. Modernization, in response to pressures from the core, has thus been the major reason for Eurasian integration, but its effectiveness has depended on the inner prop...

Research paper thumbnail of ”Development of underdevelopment” in Russia and other Post-Soviet Societies

The concept of ”development of underdevelopment”, suggested by A.G. Frank, assumed that dependent... more The concept of ”development of underdevelopment”, suggested by A.G. Frank, assumed that dependent societies are transformed by the dominating countries in the two key aspects. Firstly, their economies are reduced to a few industries, meeting demand of the metropolies. Secondly, their class structure is changed in two respects: (a) peasantry is deprived of land to provide cheap labour; and (b) comprador bourgeoisie is created from the local landlord class. Transformation of Russia and other former Soviet societies in Post-Soviet period closely resembles this picture. Degeneration of their manufacturing sector reduced their relatively diversified economies to suppliers of energy resources and some semi-processed goods to the world market. On the other hand, these societies went through transformation of their social structures. Impoverishment of population created a pool of cheap labour. At the same time, former state beaurocracy, criminal underworld and liberal intelligentsia created...

Research paper thumbnail of The Political Economy of Russia

The Palgrave Handbook of Critical International Political Economy, 2016

On the eve of the market reforms in Russia at the beginning of the 1990s the prominent Russian te... more On the eve of the market reforms in Russia at the beginning of the 1990s the prominent Russian television journalist organized a talk-show with the suggestive title “Do we need capitalism?” The broadcast was seen as a triumph for liberals over supposedly backward opponents of the new system. A highly regarded economist of the time explained the essence of the new “sole truthful doctrine” to viewers in popular fashion: “Imagine a small pie, cut into equal pieces. That’s socialism. Now imagine a big pie, cut into unequal pieces. Even the small pieces of the second pie are much bigger than in the first. That’s capitalism.” Another guest on the program then pointed to the simple, straightforward road to the promised consumer paradise: the state should get out of the economy. This, it was said, meant of course that the state should make way for ordinary citizens.

Research paper thumbnail of The conundrum of Russian capitalism: the post-Soviet economy in the world system

Choice Reviews Online, 2014

step for you to get success. This publication offer you information that perhaps your friend does... more step for you to get success. This publication offer you information that perhaps your friend doesn't learn, by knowing more than various other make you to be great persons. So , why hesitate? Let me have The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism: The Post-Soviet Economy in the World System.

Research paper thumbnail of The global crisis and its impact on the Eurasian Economic Union

European Politics and Society, 2016

ABSTRACT The present chapter is focused on the impact of the global crisis on the process of Eura... more ABSTRACT The present chapter is focused on the impact of the global crisis on the process of Eurasian integration. Its main idea is that the Eurasian integration is the response of the former Soviet societies to the crisis of the current capitalist world-system. The paper defines the nature of the current world-system as based on global ‘value chains’. The new Post-Soviet states are seen through the lens of the world-system approach, and treated as a form of peripheral or semi-peripheral societies. Their essence is understood as transferring a part of the incomes created by their populations to the core countries. Neoliberal ideology substantiates this. The world economic crisis revealed the vulnerability of such societies which are especially sensitive to global turbulence. The turmoil generated in Post-Soviet states by the world crisis demonstrated to the public and the elites of Post-Soviet states the failure of the neoliberal agenda. The Eurasian integration of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus is their response to the global crisis of the current capitalist world-system.

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Peripheral Russia and the Ukraine Crisis

International Critical Thought, 2016

The nature of Russia's nascent capitalism defines its Russian foreign policy and particularly its... more The nature of Russia's nascent capitalism defines its Russian foreign policy and particularly its involvement in the Ukraine crisis. The author rejects the "two imperialisms" thesis concerning East-West confrontation. He departs from the world-system approach and defines Russian capitalism as a semi-periphery of the world system. This means that Russia is half-dependent on the West. On the other hand, it is able to challenge Western hegemony on certain issues. The nature of the country's big business is seen as short-term, rent-seeking behaviour, inconsistent with sound investment and long-term development. Atomisation of the ruling class creates preconditions for a strong authoritative state. However, the Russian ruling elite is deeply split into two factions: one oriented to integration with the West (comprador elite) and the other favouring the strengthening of independent Russian capitalism. Russian foreign policy is shaped by the opposition and compromises between these two groups. That is the reason why it is so inconsistent and contradictory. Particularly in Ukraine, Russia tries to withstand Western challenge, but leaves open options for accommodation. The Russian attempt to make the West regard its national interests within the framework of the current world order, according to the present paper, is doomed to failure.

Research paper thumbnail of Russian neo-revisionist strategy and the Eurasian Project

Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2017

The article is focused on the real meaning of the Eurasian Integration Project for East–West rela... more The article is focused on the real meaning of the Eurasian Integration Project for East–West relations. The author departs from Sakwa’s treatment of Russian strategy as neo-revisionist. It does not aspire to change the current world order while trying to make the West observe its national interests within the existing framework. This perspective is treated in the article from the standpoint of world-systems analysis. The Eurasian Project is understood as a reaction of the Russian state to the failure of the neoliberal attempt to integrate into the world economy and the international security system. The two great trade mega-unions—the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Partnership—are seen as geoeconomic bolt clamps, which put Russia under enormous pressure. The Russian strategy in the Ukrainian and Syrian crises is designed to find the way out of strategic isolation. The Eurasian Union is expected by the Russian ruling elite to be an important tool to forest...

Research paper thumbnail of Cómo Rusia volvió al capitalismo. El desarrollo del subdesarrollo en sociedades postsoviéticas

Nueva Sociedad, 2014

El capitalismo contemporaneo de los paises de la Comunidad de Estados Independientes ( cei ) tien... more El capitalismo contemporaneo de los paises de la Comunidad de Estados Independientes ( cei ) tiene dos fuentes: la descomposicion de la burocracia sovietica y la influencia del capitalismo global. Pese a la publicidad de la epoca en favor de las reformas, estas no lograron conducir a la prosperidad y al crecimiento del bienestar de la poblacion. Casi un cuarto de siglo despues de la caida de la Union Sovietica, resulta claro que en los territorios del espacio postsovietico se consolido un capitalismo periferico, con una economia sustentada en amplios niveles de criminalidad empresarial, control informal de los activos, primarizacion y fuga de capitales.

Research paper thumbnail of Insider Rent Makes Russian Capitalism: A Rejoinder to Simon Pirani

Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 2011

The paper provides a rejoinder to Simon Pirani's critique of the insider rent model of the mo... more The paper provides a rejoinder to Simon Pirani's critique of the insider rent model of the modern Russian capitalism. It is argued that the notion of insider rent as a concrete form of surplus value allows one to grasp the historical dynamics of the Russian society in the 1990s–2000s. The author makes a point that under the favorable conditions of the last decade the strategies of Russian big business largely moved from short-term to medium-term time horizon. However, the system is still based on insider rent extraction. As a result, state functionaries often became large insiders themselves, intra-firm conflicts continue, the country's semi-peripheral status is entrenched, and authoritarianism strengthens. The paper concludes that analysis of the modern Russian society in insider rent perspective demonstrates continuity, rather than disruption, in development of the country s nascent capitalism in the 1990s and the 2000s.

Research paper thumbnail of Werewolves of Stalinism: Russia's Capitalists and their System

Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 2011

... extensive ties with business, are replaced. Examples include the ousting of Moscow Mayor Luzh... more ... extensive ties with business, are replaced. Examples include the ousting of Moscow Mayor Luzhkov, of Bashkir President Rakhimov, of Tatar President Shaymiev, and of a number of provincial governors. View all notes. Those who ...

Research paper thumbnail of Eichnerian megacorp and investment behaviour of Russian corporations

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2010

Despite the prolonged economic recovery in 1999-2008, investment by Russian corporations in produ... more Despite the prolonged economic recovery in 1999-2008, investment by Russian corporations in productive capacity was low and deficient in quality. Eichner's model of megacorp gives an insight into investment behaviour of Russian corporations due to its emphasis on indivisibility of investment decision, pricing and distribution of income between profits and wages. The typical Russian corporation is characterised by inseparability of ownership and management due to largely informal control of big insiders over enterprises. The groups, dominating over Russian corporations, seek to maximise the short-term rent. Along with a number of intra-firm conflicts this undermines both the supply of and the demand for investment funds.

Research paper thumbnail of Military Doctrine and the Social System (How, and Despite What, The USSR Was Victorious)

The victory of the USSR in its war against fascist Germany can be understood only in light of the... more The victory of the USSR in its war against fascist Germany can be understood only in light of the fate of the Russian revolution. The revolution opened the sluice-gates of the creative forces of our country's people. This found expression, in particular, in industrialisation and in rapid military construction. It also laid the objective foundations for victory in the war when it occurred. The triumphant revolution, however, underwent a degeneration whose effects included undermining the construction of military capability. This principal contradiction of Soviet history manifested itself clearly in the way the military strategy of the Red<br> Army was developed, and in the tragic fate of its authors. The Red Army's military doctrine was based on the tactic of battle in depth, on the theory of deep defensive and offensive operations, and on the doctrine of strategic defence and strategic counter-attack. With the devastation of the military cadres during the repressions o...

Research paper thumbnail of Дзарасов Р.С., Новоженов Д.В. Крупный бизнес и накопление капитала в современной России. - М.: УРСС, 2009

В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизн... more В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизнеса. Его институциональная природа рассматривается с альтернативных по отношению к неоклассике теоретических позиций. В центре внимания находится борьба рядовых работников, менеджмента и мелких акционеров фирмы с обладателями неформального контроля над ее финансовыми потоками. Этот конфликт по поводу распределения доходов является главным фактором, который вместе с нарушением макроэкономических условий воспроизводства подрывает инвестиции российских компаний. В работе дается широкая панорама специфики деятельности отечественных корпораций. Демонстрируется, как их инвестиционные стратегии предопределяют ущербность экономического развития современной России, ставшей по-существу страной периферийного капитализма.
На основе своей концепции кризиса отечественной экономики, авторы выдвигают модель планово-рыночного хозяйства. Она основана на комплексе институциональных и макроэкономических мероприятий, позволяющих устранить неформальный контроль над предприятиями, разрешить корпоративные конфликты и обеспечить эффективную стратегию долгосрочного роста народного хозяйства.
Книга рассчитана на специалистов по инвестиционному анализу и менеджменту, студентов, аспирантов и исследователей, изучающих крупный отечественный бизнес, всех, кто интересуется актуальными проблемами экономического развития России.

КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Теория фирмы, посткейнсианство, инвестиции, корпоративное управление, инсайдерская рента, ценовой диспаритет.

Research paper thumbnail of Крупный бизнес и накопление капитала в современной России

В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизн... more В книге исследуются долгосрочные аспекты инвестиционной деятельности крупного отечественного бизнеса. Его институциональная природа рассматривается с альтернативных по отношению к неоклассике теоретических позиций. В центре внимания находится борьба рядовых работников, менеджмента и мелких акционеров фирмы с обладателями неформального контроля над ее финансовыми потоками. Этот конфликт по поводу распределения доходов является главным фактором, который вместе с нарушением макроэкономических условий воспроизводства подрывает инвестиции российских компаний. В работе дается широкая панорама специфики деятельности отечественных корпораций. Демонстрируется, как их инвестиционные стратегии предопределяют ущербность экономического развития современной России, ставшей по-существу страной периферийного капитализма.
На основе своей концепции кризиса отечественной экономики, авторы выдвигают модель планово-рыночного хозяйства. Она основана на комплексе институциональных и макроэкономических мероприятий, позволяющих устранить неформальный контроль над предприятиями, разрешить корпоративные конфликты и обеспечить эффективную стратегию долгосрочного роста народного хозяйства.
Книга рассчитана на специалистов по инвестиционному анализу и менеджменту, студентов, аспирантов и исследователей, изучающих крупный отечественный бизнес, всех, кто интересуется актуальными проблемами экономического развития России.

КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Теория фирмы, посткейнсианство, инвестиции, корпоративное управление, инсайдерская рента, ценовой диспаритет.