for-the-right-reason, great questions
there are answers to your questions
why do you wanna know these things? is it just personal interest or school?
how complicated do you want this analysis?
it's a complicated question
you're basically asking for a crash course in russian economic history and the theory of developmental economics
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Originally Posted by for-the-right-reason
Heya.
I was just watching Dom Joly (sp?) on Sky 3 and it was a programme on him going to Russia to check out the country and drinking problems. Basically, Russia comes across as being a tragically poor country. I have known for a long time that poverty in Russia was quite widespread but having watched the programme...it made me feel slightly depressed. I don't understand why making a country rich should be such a problem. Surely, why doesn't Putin hire some super clever economists and say 'make Russia rich'. I mean, Russia has tremendous potential with its raw minerals and whatsnot. So why then is it stuck in the ghetto...it's not a third world country (yet)....thus, I assume it has most of the technological know how to help develop itself...
So my question is this:
Why are some countries like Russia so f-ed up? Is it political problems? If the politicians would stop being mugs and got something done...wudn't Russia get richer? It just seems so dumb to me that such a country of historical richness should be so poverty striken in the year 2006...whereby worldwide economic growth is happening...
Another question...in Nigeria it exports billions and billions of barrels of oil a year...so why is it so poor?
I think I know the answer to these questions but judging by other threads...there seems to be really clever ppl here. And 2 heads are better than 1. Please help!
Much Love
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