Open for Business

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I k This timely book illustrates why journalists like me routinely turn to Ed Hewett for guidance in navigating the mysterious minefield called the Russian economy. J J
—H0BARTR0WEN The Washington Post
i i No western economist knows the Russian economy better than Ed Hewett. He has both an insider's feel for how the country really practices its economics as well as a superlative overview of both the old system and current efforts to reform it. J J
—HEDRICK SMITH Author of The New Russians
i i In this follow-up to his brilliant book on reforming the Soviet economy, Ed Hewett stresses the importance of the role to be played by foreign economic relations in Russia's transition from central planning to a market economy. He and Clifford Gaddy carefully chronicle and cogently analyze the efforts by Gorbachev and Yeltsin to integrate Russia into the world economy. Open for Business is must-reading for anyone interested in the unfolding story of Russia's march to the market.
—HERBERT... Tovább

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I k This timely book illustrates why journalists like me routinely turn to Ed Hewett for guidance in navigating the mysterious minefield called the Russian economy. J J
—H0BARTR0WEN The Washington Post
i i No western economist knows the Russian economy better than Ed Hewett. He has both an insider's feel for how the country really practices its economics as well as a superlative overview of both the old system and current efforts to reform it. J J
—HEDRICK SMITH Author of The New Russians
i i In this follow-up to his brilliant book on reforming the Soviet economy, Ed Hewett stresses the importance of the role to be played by foreign economic relations in Russia's transition from central planning to a market economy. He and Clifford Gaddy carefully chronicle and cogently analyze the efforts by Gorbachev and Yeltsin to integrate Russia into the world economy. Open for Business is must-reading for anyone interested in the unfolding story of Russia's march to the market.
—HERBERT S. LEVINE University of Pennsylvania
Ed A. Hewett, formerly a senior fellow In the Foreign Policy Studies program at Brookings, is now Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council. His previous book Reforming the Soviet Economy: Equality versus Efficiency (1988) was hailed by the New York Times as "the book of choice on Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet economy." Clifford G. Gaddy is a research associate in the Foreign Policy Studies program at Brookings. Vissza