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Kasz216 said: 1) To critically use sources means to refrence them and then use them to form your own opinions. 2) Nothing in particular does attract my attention to him, other then the fact that said specific article gives a pretty baseline example of the russian economy. Most of the actual opinions are relativly pointless over if the russian government will change or not. The point is, that Russia's economy was built on the reforms of the past, combine with a strong commodities market. Putin didn't restore a semblence of the economy so much as he did coast to it as reforms completed. It's like having two apartment managers, one of them gets 85% through building a pool, then the new guy comes in, and when it finishes you thank him for creating the pool, unlike the asshole before him.
It's pretty simply really. Putin finished earlier agreed on reforms, the economy got better. He reversed course, and only got buoyed by rising energy costs. |
Kaz, I got the idea, you don't need to repeat it multiple times for me. Aslund’s article despite the pretence of being strictly economical is all about politics excluding first few paragraphs. It’s typical and predictable, since Aslund much like our gaming journalists live in their own intellectual and informational ghettos, rarely taking a peek on outside world. There're really not much factual economical information that could be reviewed or critisized, so I critisize what's left.
And, yes, of course, it's build on the reforms of the past, tell me, which economy is built on the reforms of the future? :D It doesn't mean that reforms of the past aren't dead-end with expected and catastrophic results. Putin achievements are in different field. As I said, it's political article and should be viewed as such, because Putin's decisions that are in the article again are political decisions, which though affects economy. These descisions are mostly last moment reaction to a no-win situation of the late 1990s - early 2000s, so he rightfully might claim the economical results of the last decade regardless of how they might be perceived. And the idea of him getting lucky to get in the office when the "transformation" was over is, pardon me, but a rather bad excuse.
Will publish couple of the reviewes and thoughts of Aslund's sources I was able to find among my old posts, translated and updated for Aslund article. Might come in handy.
