The incidence of oligarchs is one of the most significant political problems after communism. An appropriate policy towards them has become a pressing issue for both Russia and Ukraine and addressing this matter will greatly influence the future economic systems of these countries. The paper...

Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Ch 1. Introduction -- Why the United States Should Grant Russia PNTR -- Ch 2. Russia's Rising Economic Significance -- Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Russia -- Russia: The Wealthiest of the BRICs and Very Different from China...

Both candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, favor protectionism, but Trump to an extreme degree The joint protectionism is mainly directed against Chinese technology Trump favors mass deportation of immigrants, while the Democrats want orderly immigration Nobody cares much about the...

This paper applies the probabilistic debt sustainability model developed for the euro area in Cline (2012, 2014) to sovereign debt in the United States and Japan. The results indicate that to avoid further increases in the expected ratio of public debt to GDP over the next decade, average annual...