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Igor Lipsits

Doctor of Economics

A backward future: Russia’s economy is reverting to the era of serfdom

A backward future: Russia’s economy is reverting to the era of serfdom

Guns vs. eggs: Economist Igor Lipsits on Russia’s dismal economic results in 2023

Guns vs. eggs: Economist Igor Lipsits on Russia’s dismal economic results in 2023

The “no human” factor: How Russia’s workforce shortage rolls back its industrial development

The “no human” factor: How Russia’s workforce shortage rolls back its industrial development

Plan? What plan? Professor Lipsitz on how micromanagement is burying the Russian economy

Plan? What plan? Professor Lipsitz on how micromanagement is burying the Russian economy

Off the charts: How the rouble's downfall dispelled fantasies about a “brilliant financial policy”

Off the charts: How the rouble's downfall dispelled fantasies about a “brilliant financial policy”

Holey patriotism. Professor Igor Lipsitz on how the war will bankrupt the Russian economy

Holey patriotism. Professor Igor Lipsitz on how the war will bankrupt the Russian economy