2/2010
SUMMARY
R. Grinberg. Anniversary of maturity: affairs and plans
The Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Science has marked its 80th anniversary. In terms of human life, this is the age of late autumn. The same would be probably correct for the Institute, which had been established essentially for ideological justification of utopian social design. Now, fortunately, such instructions are not present.
G. Buturats, A. Raikh, I. Teodorovich. Global economic crisis on the Balkans
Before the global crisis, the economy of region was characterized by macroeconomic disproportions, deficiency of the account of the current operations of the current balance, comparative advantages in industrial sectors with the low added cost and accumulated external debts. Economic dynamics in the majority of the countries of region before the start of global cataclysms was based mainly on growth of personal consumption, and in part – on growth of the state expenditure and export. To the greatest extent recession was revealed in reduction of industrial production and export, in decrease of investment activity and growth of unemployment.
A. Pylin. Economic development in Georgia in conditions of «a double external shock»
In 2008–2009 economic development of Georgia underwent essential changes which were determined by negative influence of both internal, and external factors. Significant delay in growth rates of national economy in 2008 was a result of «a double external shock»: on the one hand, the country seriously suffered as a result of war with Russia in August, 2008, and on the other hand of other Post- Soviet states, underwent destructive influence of global financial crisis at the end of the same year.
M. Bak. Factors of economic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe
Transformation processes can be studied historically by analyzing changes, which have already taken place. By contrast, ex- ante evaluation allows us to point out prospects, implementable future strategies, etc. In each case these considerations should be based on factors influencing the transformation process, especially if we address such a heterogeneous group of countries and issues as in the case of the shift from centrally planned to market economy. In her research, the author attempted to construct a theoretical model, which would also facilitate a practical analysis of transformations taking place in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
V. Kudrov. The Chinese model of market transformation
The Chinese model looks rather powerful, monolithic and even well programmed against the background of a huge variety and discrepancy of models of transformation in Russia, in the countries Central and the East Europe and the Baltic states. In December, 1978 the third Plenary session of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China called for elimination of developed disproportions in national economy and has set the task of reforming of outdated command and administrative economic system and acceleration of growth of manufacture and living standard of the population.
J. Kalinsky. The Polish economy after 1989
In the program speech made on September 12, 1989 in the Seym, T. Mazovetsky singled out two basic problems facing Poland – a political reorganization of the state and withdrawal of the country from economic collapse. At the same time, he also emphasized interrelation between democratic changes, restoration and reconstruction of economy.
I. Selivanova. The Ukraine: between Russia and European Union
The change of political authority in the Ukraine as a result of presidential elections in January 2010 entailed expected upheavals in the sphere of foreign policy. In the meantime, the problem of defining the place and role of the Ukraine in the system of international relations remains open so far. Like the elite, the society lacks consensus in choice of foreign political strategy. The single strategic direction, along which accord in the society has been achieved, implies development of relations with the European Union.
A.Kulikov. British foreign policy in Central and Eastern Europe
Great Britain is one of key countries, standing behind almost all the crucial upheavals of Europe for the last 20 years, from the collapse of the Berlin Wall and operations in the Balkans to expansion of the European Union, NATO and creation of single defense and security policy. At first glance such a situation gives rise to an impression that Great Britain always advocated single Europe and this target became most proximate.
A. Tsipko. Truth of the past and falsehood of the Slavophil leftism
The current spiritual and moral crisis was linked not to the fact the country made an attempt to pass over from the Soviet planned economy to market economy and due to fact during the mature transformations the unmastered vices of the Russian mentality – maximalism, deficit of the feeling of reality, professionalism, traditional Russian faith in miracle, panacea from all evils. In case such a situation is dangerous and serious, one should grasp in moral degradation of the society.
M. Golovnin. Challenges for monetary policy of the Central and Eastern Europe
Last two decades of economic are marked by significant growth of streams of the capital moving outside national borders. It began one of the most important channels of influence of financial globalization on national economies.
I. Novikova. Transformation of state- private partnership into interstate- private as an imperative of formation of geoeconomy
Globalization of world economic, which has emerged as objective reality in XXI century, determines all global economic processes, all transformations of national economies. Globalization is the principal trend of world economic development. It also stipulates changes in the existing state regulation system and evolution of its model worldwide. This gives rise to state and private partnership and its transformation into interstate- private partnership.
V. Klaus. Criticism of the current process of the European integration
In his speech at Humboldt University V. Klaus has not agreed with numerous supporters of idea of the project of even more rallied Europe. In his opinion, it is not the way to follow, so he supported the principle of minimum supernationalism and rejected artificial citizenship.