WFGV.2014.0002

DOI:10.14311/WFGV.2014.0002

EUROPEAN LIBERALIZM AND RUSSIAN ECONOMY – DRAMA OR UNREQUITED LOVE?

O. Mamedov¹
¹Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation

*Corresponding author. Email: terraeconomicus@mail.ru

European liberalism - an ancestor of all subsequent liberal ideas– has faced hard resistance in Russia making an impression that it is the archenemy of the modern Russian society. Moreover, denunciation of explicit and imaginary vices of liberalism gets so heated with high-intensity emotions that one might exclaim: “Hannibal at the gates!” Meanwhile, there are no reasons for such hardheaded and therefore intentional excitement. Why?

KEYWORDS: liberalism; economic analysis; policy; ideology; economic history

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