[lbo-talk] The difficulty of measuring Russia's economy

[Peter Lavelle]

Chris, I could not agree with you more. The only thing I don't understand why you posted this piece. Absolutely useless! Nothing new was stated, just repetition of items that engender pity (?) or some kind of reinforcing comment that always seems to imply "thank God I am not Russian" (?). .  

Chris Doss <itschris13 at hotmail.com> wrote:
I love the line "Russian taste for industrial alcohol or toxic moonshine 
could be
one explanation." I should be "Rural Russians who are too poor to buy liquor 
and therefore drink industrial alcohol or toxic moonshine could be one 
explanation."

Also, the "enduring dispute about whether Russians as a whole are
better or worse off after a dozen years of reform" seems to exist only 
outside of Russia. Everybody in Russia knows that 90% of the country is 
worse off, except in Moscow, where they are better off.

 

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