Political Economy of Independent Ukraine

The Political Economy of Independent Ukraineanalyzes the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy that prevented the development of value-added economic activities. Those parasitic mechanisms already developed under Soviet rule ('beating the system' by redistributing goods and services while disregarding formal rules) became a widespread practice.Van Zon, Hans is the author of 'Political Economy of Independent Ukraine' with ISBN 9780312235932 and ISBN 0312235933.