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The Road to Economic Sovereignty

Posted on October 19, 2009 by AK

Review of “Kicking Away the Ladder” (H. Chang) Chang, Ha-Joon – Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002) Category: economy; history; industrial policy; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Kicking Away the Ladder:How the Economic and Intellectual Histories of Capitalism Have … Continue reading →

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Вторая Великая Депрессия

Posted on July 29, 2009 by AK

This article is reposted from my LJ blog and summarizes my views on the global economic crisis: its origins, current developments and likely future consequences. I hope to have a more detailed English-language version up soon. 1. Этот кризис очень … Continue reading →

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Decoupling from the Unwinding

Posted on March 28, 2009 by AK

Three months ago I wrote an extensive analysis of Russia’s economy during the crisis in which I said that although it is going to be damaged by the shutdown of its traditional financing mechanism – cheap credit from the West … Continue reading →

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USA 2009 = USSR 1989 ?

Posted on February 26, 2009 by AK

With increasing signs of economic collapse, military overstretch and political problems, is the US doomed to go the way of the late USSR? Continue reading →

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Oily Origins of the Economic Crisis

Posted on February 18, 2009 by AK

In an article some months ago I suggested that “perhaps this crisis is simply an unconscious recognition of this inconvenient truth?” – namely, the peaking of oil extraction and all that it implies for the continued survival of a financial … Continue reading →

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New Year Special: Year in Review and 2009 Predictions

Posted on January 2, 2009 by AK

Year in Review: 2008 Again, a very happy and successful New Year to Sublime Oblivion readers. It has certainly been a successful year for this blog, founded as Da Russophile on Jan 9th 2008. The original site at blogger has … Continue reading →

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New Year Update: Russophile Predictions

Posted on December 31, 2008 by AK

Happy New Year to all Sublime Oblivion readers! Half a year ago I made a Russophile Predictions portfolio to 2013. The New Year is probably one of the more appropriate times to check up on their accuracy, as winthrop360 has … Continue reading →

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Communism is our Road to Redemption

Posted on December 31, 2008 by AK

Green Communism is humanity’s last and only chance to avert environmental catastrophe. Continue reading →

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Russia Economic Crisis III: On the Importance of Self-Sufficiency in Liquids

Posted on December 7, 2008 by AK

IMPORTANT: I have since corrected, slightly revised and released An Analysis of Russia’s Economic Crisis: On the Importance of Self-Sufficiency in Liquids in pdf format. In this essay, I analyze three major areas of concern about the current Russian economy … Continue reading →

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Russia Economy Crisis II: Anatomy of the Crisis

Posted on December 4, 2008 by AK

As promised in the last post, here is a follow-up about Part II of the 17th World Bank Russia report, the reading of which cannot be stressed as too important in the current climate. Like in the last post, I … Continue reading →

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