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Clifford Gaddy''s and Barry Ickes'' paradigm of the virtual economy has fundamentally changed the way people think about Russia''s economy. Circulated at the highest levels of the Russian and U.S. governments and reported in leading publications worldwide, their thesis--that Russia''s economy is based on illusion or pretense about nearly every important economic yardstick, including prices, sales, wages and budgets--has forced broad recognition of the inadequacies of the intended market reform policies in Russia. More important, their work has provided a coherent framework for understanding how and why so much of Russia''s economy has resisted reform. Gaddy and Ickes now use the virtual economy concept to project the near- and middle-term future of the Russian economy and suggest possible policy responses. Drawing on new empirical material from published and unpublished sources and from their own extensive field work in Russia, the authors examine critical aspects of the virtua

Russias Virtual Economy

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815731115, 978-0815731115
      ISBN10: 0815731116

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      Book Synopsis

      Clifford Gaddy''s and Barry Ickes'' paradigm of the virtual economy has fundamentally changed the way people think about Russia''s economy. Circulated at the highest levels of the Russian and U.S. governments and reported in leading publications worldwide, their thesis--that Russia''s economy is based on illusion or pretense about nearly every important economic yardstick, including prices, sales, wages and budgets--has forced broad recognition of the inadequacies of the intended market reform policies in Russia. More important, their work has provided a coherent framework for understanding how and why so much of Russia''s economy has resisted reform. Gaddy and Ickes now use the virtual economy concept to project the near- and middle-term future of the Russian economy and suggest possible policy responses. Drawing on new empirical material from published and unpublished sources and from their own extensive field work in Russia, the authors examine critical aspects of the virtua

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