Description: An important Russian economist and politician takes a long view of economic history and Russia's development.
Brief description: Yegor Gaidar (1956- 2009) was a Russian economist and politician and a key architect of economic reforms in Russia's transition to a market economy.
Review Quotes:
The causes of modern economic growth are one great mystery, the sources of Russia's plight another. Only someone with the intellectual ambition of Yegor Gaidar would try to penetrate both mysteries in a single volume.
--Edward Lucas, TheWall Street Journal