Gorbachev Paved Way for Oligarchs – Aleksandr Buzgalin
By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.
Read more...By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.
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Read more...s rich countries raise interest rates, developing countries face slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates, more costs and debt distress.
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Read more...A remedy for the UK/EU energy price shock is changing price rules. But can those fixes be implemented soon enough?
Read more...Saudi Arabia in concert with OPEC+, as in Russia, looks to be sticking to its promise to cut output if oil demand softened.
Read more...Europe has succeeded in hurting itself to hurt Russia, to the degree that a full bore economic and financial crisis seems inevitable.
Read more...The Bank of England is in “Burn the village to save it” mode via interest rate increases which do little to address the causes of inflation.
Read more...Puzzling why the EU seems determined to drive itself off a cliff.
Read more...Americans haven’t suffered the same level of energy price increases as the UK and Europe, yet a record number of households are buckling.
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