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Who Lost What?
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • April 23, 2023May 19, 2023

Who Lost What?

Who Lost Russia is a revised and updated edition of a book that was originally published in 2017 and was prompted, as its author Peter Conradi informs us, by Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014

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Life After Corona: Business as Usual?
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • April 13, 2020April 20, 2020

Life After Corona: Business as Usual?

Trying to predict the future is so inherently human. To me, this is a sign of ingrained optimism: even when the future predicted is very gloomy, it is still a future we are talking about. Future fo

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Trio II: The Winter of Our Discontent (Part 1)
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • November 3, 2019November 30, 2019

Trio II: The Winter of Our Discontent (Part 1)

“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” John Steinbeck I owe the title of this review to the eponymous book of John Steinbeck who borrow

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Inequality and Capitalism (Alone)
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

Inequality and Capitalism (Alone)

Milanovic’s Global Inequality may be a relatively old news by now.  Yet, published in 2016, the book is still relevant as it anticipates many developments that we are observing today, such a

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