I will begin by saying that I fully support the analysis and conclusions V. Seliunin advanced in his article. He does not talk about trifles, about secondary problems and difficulties in our economic life. He talks about the most important thing. We have no need of illusions. The question today...

iThe editors/i o/Novyi mir i[New World] received many hundred letters following publication of the article "Advances and Debts" [Avansy i dolgij. * Roughly nine-tenths of them supported the author's positions; one-tenth were partially or entirely opposed. Many of the letters raised very acute...

No one is satisfied with the state of our economy. Two of its major, "built-in" flawsâthe producer's monopoly in the face of general scarcity, and the enterprises' lack of interest in scientific-technological progressâare probably obvious to everyone. But I am certain that there are no sages...

The transition to a socially oriented market economy in Russia will unquestionably take more than one decade and perhaps even more than one generation. The magnitude of the problems confronting the nation is too great for us to have any illusions that this most profound historical crisis can be...