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#1 Yegor Gaidar, shock therapist extraordinaire, dead at 53

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:09 pm
by fgalkin
Russia Today

[quote]Remembering Russia's “shock doctorâ€

#2

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:11 pm
by Cynical Cat
[quote]Gaidar advocated liberal economic reforms according to the largely untested principle of “shock therapy,â€

#3

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:32 pm
by frigidmagi
So then... How should it be done?

#4

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:36 pm
by fgalkin
frigidmagi wrote:So then... How should it be done?
Gradual reform, not sudden privatization that led to a decade of crushing poverty and millions of deaths?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

#5

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:41 pm
by frigidmagi
I'm asking an honest question here Fima, put down your pitchfork. We've established shock therapy doesn't work, so how should we do it?

#6

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:49 pm
by Hotfoot
Wow, that's a shock.