Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia, by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2000). Reviewed by Marshall I. Goldman

Stanislav Shmelev

doi:10.2458/v7i1.21571

Abstract

Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia, by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2000). Reviewed by Marshall I. Goldman

Highlights

After almost a decade of trying to transit from central planning to markets, analysts are beginning to examine what went right or wrong, and why. Such studies are interesting when their authors were among those providing guidance in the early days of the reforms
To prove that Muscovites and New Yorkers have the same attitude toward markets, they, like many others, cite the study by Robert Schiller, Maxim Boycko, and Vladimir Korovov, “Popular Attitudes Towards Free Markets: The Soviet Union and the United States Compared” (American Economic Review, 81:385, 1991)
In a world where attention to the environment is often seen as a luxury that comes only after we take care of more essential things his book is a refreshing reminder that environment is inextricably linked to, and provides the experiential ground for, community, democracy, the economy, and social justice

Summary

Introduction

After almost a decade of trying to transit from central planning to markets, analysts are beginning to examine what went right or wrong, and why. Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia, by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2000), 223 pp.

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