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| Introduction | |
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| The Grandeur and the Fall of Empires | |
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| Modern Economic Growth and the Era of Empires | |
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| Crisis and the Dismantling of Overseas Empires | |
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| Problems of Dissolving Territorially Integrated Empires | |
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| The Yugoslav Tragedy | |
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| Authoritarian Regimes: The Causes of Instability | |
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| Challenges in the Early Stages of Modern Economic Growth and Authoritarianism | |
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| The Instability of Authoritarian Regimes | |
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| Mechanisms of the Collapse of Authoritarianism | |
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| The Oil Curse | |
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| The Spanish Prologue | |
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| Resource Wealth and Economic Development | |
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| Specifics of the Oil Market | |
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| Regulating the Oil Market in the Twentieth Century | |
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| Challenges Related to Price Fluctuations of Commodities: Mexico and Venezuela | |
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| In Search of a Way Out: A Response to the Dangers of Unstable Commodity Pricing | |
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| Cracks in the Foundation: The Soviet Union in the Early 1980s | |
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| Growing Problems and Bad Decisions | |
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| Food Supply Problems | |
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| Food Shortages-A Strategic Challenge | |
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| The USSR as the Largest Importer of Food | |
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| Oil in Western Siberia: The Illusion of Salvation | |
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| A Drop in Oil Prices: The Final Blow | |
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| The Collapse of the USSR: The Unexpected Becomes the Rule | |
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| The Political Economy of External Shocks | |
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| Deteriorating Conditions for Foreign Trade: Political Alternatives | |
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| The USSR and the Drop in Oil Prices: The Essence of the Choice | |
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| A Series of Mistakes | |
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| Mounting Problems in the Soviet Economy | |
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| The Hard Currency Crisis | |
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| Economic and Political Liberalization against the Background of the Hard Currency and Financial Problems | |
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| Development of the Crisis in the Socialist System | |
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| Political Credits | |
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| The Price of Compromise | |
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| The Crisis of the Empire and the Nationality Question | |
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| Loss of Control over the Economic and Political Situation | |
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| The Currency Crisis | |
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| From Crisis to Catastrophe | |
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| "Extraordinary Efforts" instead of Reforms | |
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| On the Brink of Default | |
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| On the Path to State Bankruptcy | |
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| The Grain Problem | |
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| Prices Skyrocket | |
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| Money and the Fate of the Empire | |
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| The Fall | |
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| The Political Economy of the Failed Coup | |
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| Political Death Throes | |
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| Political Disintegration: Economic Consequences | |
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| A Civilized Divorce | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |