Russia
Russia | Capitalist Reforms Created Russia’s Economic Crisis
Russian scientists were once famous for launching the world’s first space satellite. Their counterparts today survive by growing vegetables in their small yards. These are not retirees enjoying some well-deserved leisure-time gardening, but prime age workers—miners and teachers as well as scientists— trying to meet basic needs in the face of economic collapse. People go to work every day and do whatever their employer asks, yet weeks and months pass without a single paycheck. They stay on the job because at least it provides some fringe benefits, and no alternative paying job...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Capitalist Reforms Created Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Capitalist Reforms Did Not Create Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Russia’s Crime Problem Stems from Its Failure to Replace the Soviet State
- Russia’s Crime Problem Is a Direct Legacy of the Soviet State
- An Environmental Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- A Public Health Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Russia Poses an Expansionist Threat
- Russia Does Not Pose an Expansionist Threat
- The Proliferation of Russian Nuclear Weapons Is a Serious Global Threat
- The Threat of Russia- Sponsored Nuclear Proliferation Is Exaggerated
- The Russian Mafia Is a Serious Threat to the United States
- There Is No Russian Mafia Threat in the United States
- Chapter 4
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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