And even now, during the afformentioned war, people still manage to claim that at least it’s not as bad as the 90s.
Because it isn’t (yet), at least for those lucky enough not to be drafted, or living in the border regions.
In this sense, reasonable experts such as Joseph Stiglitz were completely vindicated.
Sure, the 90s could’ve gone better, but I doubt that anything could’ve stopped the KGB from ending up in power. Yeltsin was far too clueless to prevent that.
Because it isn’t (yet), at least for those lucky enough not to be drafted, or living in the border regions.
True. And I think it speaks a lot about how bad the 90s were if several years of drop in a labor force, neccessity to bribe people to join the army and harsh sanctions by all the developped world is a cake walk compared to them.
Because it isn’t (yet), at least for those lucky enough not to be drafted, or living in the border regions.
Sure, the 90s could’ve gone better, but I doubt that anything could’ve stopped the KGB from ending up in power. Yeltsin was far too clueless to prevent that.
True. And I think it speaks a lot about how bad the 90s were if several years of drop in a labor force, neccessity to bribe people to join the army and harsh sanctions by all the developped world is a cake walk compared to them.