It may be time to look once again at what Larry Summers and his “Rubinomics gang did in Russia in the mid-1990s and to Third World countries during his tenure as World Bank economist to see what kind of future is being planned for the U.S. economy over the next few years.

“Throughout the Soviet Union the neoliberal model established “equilibrium” in a way that involved demographic collapse: shortening life spans, lower birth rates, alcoholism and drug abuse, psychological depression, suicides, bad health, unemployment and homelessness for the elderly (the neoliberal mode of Social Security reform).”

Following on with this: The Harvard gang of economists, in their misguided believe in capitalism, or simply to promote their own set of oligarchs, rushed Russia to privatize its national treasure of oil, gas, timber, minerals, and its manufacturing and banking into the hands of a few gangsters. Even Khodorkovsky virtues are supported by the New York Times these days, despite the thuggish ways he attained his billions.

In my view, Putin took back Russia for the Russians. We could use somebody to take back American for Americans. (Not suggesting Putin though. We have a different background.)
America has pretty clearly been usurped by the richies, who can’t even bring themselves to pay their fair share of taxes, while the average American if falling into debt peonage.

The Harvard gang was again up front in America’s economic demise.

I wonder why they do not do that….Probably their whole history is a history of bloody revolts and sacrafice to save the rest of the world.

Sorry guys, this week it’s your turn, with your wallets.

Export of democarcy is a sweet business, but there are no takers.

So why is anyone criticizing them about anything? If their system is imbalanced in any way, they will collapse on their own, like ours is right now.

“a radical break in consciousness”?? how can anyone write something like this without thumbing through Vekhi or Berdyayev at least or anyone from the philosophers boat.

And yes, you are forgetting there were THREE revolutions in Russia last century (1905, two in 1917).

I read and own your book Kremlin Rising and thought it was excellent. I am optimistic towards Russia’s future; The upcoming presidential election will tell the rest of the world a lot about how and in what direction we should perceive Russia to be moving politically and economically.

I really think you are far off the mark 74LS08 with your comment, ” In 50 years Russia will be a Muslim state and Siberia will be controlled by China.” I think your prediction is based off of little real evidence.

“ow many divisions does the Pope have?” queried Stalin. Now he knows, in Hell.