books by Marshall I. Goldman

books by Marshall I. Goldman

books:

Marshall I. Goldman

Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia

Marshall I. Goldman

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Excellent Background!
"Petrostate" provides good insights into Russia's comeback after its late 1990s nadir, as well as an understanding of its economic-political strategies. Russia regained its place as the world's largest oil producer in 2007; energy generates about 30% of Russia's GDP ...

Russian Energy: A Blessing and a Curse.: An article from: Journal of International Affairs
Marshall I. Goldman

Columbia University School of International Public Affairs, 1999

This digital document is an article from Journal of International Affairs, published by Columbia University School of International Public Affairs on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 4841 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your ...

The Spoils of Progress: Environmental Pollution in the Soviet Union
Marshall I. Goldman

The MIT Press, 1975

Because industialism had its beginnings in capitalist countries, the existence of environmental disruption in socialist and communist societies has been largely ignored. The truth is that pollution of natural resources plagues the planned economy and free enterprise system alike. Rupid industrial growth rather than form of government is the prime ...

The Piratization of Russia

Taylor & Francis, 2007

Best book on the topic
I have read many books on the transfer of the USSR state economy to private hands and this is, by far, the best and clearest on the topic. If one has to read just one account, this is it. Since this is one of the great economic changes of the 20th century, and robbery ...

What Went Wrong With Perestroika

Marshall I. Goldman

W. W. Norton & Company, 1992

Platitudes, received ideas and factual inaccuracies
I understand that Marshall Goldman is/was an esteemed economist at Harvard. To be fair, it is easy to look back on his book (last updated soon after the August 1991 coup) with critical hindsight. However, it has been claimed in the main review that this book was ...