Conversations With History - Anders Aslund

Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed in Russia

Anders Aslund - Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute, Washington, D.C.

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes economist Anders Aslund for a discussion of Russia after the fall of communism. He analyzes the reasons for the succcessful implementation of a market economy and the reasons for the failure to achieve a democratic revolution. He compares the leadership of Gorbachev, Yelstin, and Putin. Anders Aslund also discusses the implications of authoritarian rule by Putin for Russia and relations with the West.

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[megawutt]

Aslund is a clown.

[NateRiley3000]

This Show has great guests but the host is a little lame I'm not saying I would be better but...

[cirjan999]

totally embarrassing!!!

[vorjay]

Anders Åslund is to Economics what Rudolf Mengele is to Medicine.

[bachelorofpearsepark]

Take that back. Harry Kreisler is a national treasure.

[40bcoots]

What does russia know about democracy? It has never experienced it. Not even since uSSr collapsed.

[unapologeticmind]

Russia is reemerging as a world power, weep Russophobes...

[Mojo1982]

I like Anders Aslund, I like listening to him............

[ashutosh0078]

It seems that his picture of Yeltsin