European liberalism and Russian economy – drama of unrequited love?
O.Yu. MAMEDOV
Doctor of Economics (DSc), Professor, Head of the Department of Political Economy and Economic Policy, Honoured worker of science of the Russian Federation, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don
Doctor of Economics (DSc), Professor, Head of the Department of Political Economy and Economic Policy, Honoured worker of science of the Russian Federation, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don
TERRA ECONOMICUS, 2013, Vol. 11 (no. 4.1),
p. 6-11
European liberalism – the ancestor of all subsequent liberal ideas – has faced hard resistance in Russia; as a result, the impression that liberalism is the main enemy of modern Russian society may appear. Moreover, revelation of explicit and imaginary defects of liberalism going with high-intensity emotions – at times on the verge of hysteria – seems to be so acute that one might exclaim: «Hannibal at the gates!» Meanwhile, there are no reasons for such an intentional and, therefore, deliberate excitement. Why?
Keywords: liberalism; economic analysis; policy; ideology; economic history
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Publisher: Southern Federal University
Founder: Southern Federal University
ISSN: 2073-6606
Founder: Southern Federal University
ISSN: 2073-6606