RE: The Future of Russia

["Michael Lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

In Message Thu, 24 Mar 1994 15:52:49 -0800, ECOELT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> At the same time, there is a backlash against the market all over Eastern
> Europe, as illustrated by the Wall Street Journal article
>by Adi Ignatius (March 21, 1994, p. 1) reporting from Ulyanovsk. "The
>Ulyanovsk miracle once was dismissed as a bizarre aberration in increasingly
>market-oriented Russia.  But after two years of economic reforms that
>produced few gains for most of the country, delegations from other Russian
>provinces now are flocking to Ulyanovsk to see whether Russia's past is also
>its future."

   "The Ulyanovsk miracle"? Lynn, do you have any further information
about this? I could have asked privately but thought I would go public
in revealing my ignorance (just in case others on pen are in my situation).
      thanks,
        mike
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