On Mar 11, 2010, at 10:22 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> There's an interesting discussion here: http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2010/03/10/transition-reckoning/
> comparing the changes in per capita (PPP) GDP in various post-
> Soviet countries (and Poland) since 1989, tracking the economic
> decline through most of the 90s and the economic growth that occured
> in most places thereafter.
>
> I knew most of it before, but it's rather startling to see it laid
> out in nifty grafts. The big winners are Belarus at about 170% of
> 1989 (no surprise there) and Armenia (!) and Azerbaijan at 170 and
> 200%, respectively. The big losers are Tajikistan, Moldova, Georgia,
> and Ukraine, which are the only ones still at pre-1989 levels.
Well, Russia's only 10% above 1989. That rather sucks.
Doug