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This entire process of "shock therapy" was orchestrated by American advisors, backed by U.S. capital, and closely presided over by the Clinton administration. N
by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
This entire process of "shock therapy" was orchestrated by American advisors, backed by U.S. capital, and closely presided over by the Clinton administration. No matter your opinion of the USSR, HN readers should be able to see what the US did to the fledgling Russian state in the 90s was an utter tragedy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics)
https://www.thenation.com/article/harvard-boys-do-russia/ https://www.thenation.com/article/harvard-boys-do-russia/
Remember this Times cover? http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960715,00.html http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960715,00.html