Talk:Yegor Gaidar

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This guy also happens to be Satan himself, and as responsible as anyone for the misery and poverty of millions of Russians. Palefire 02:52, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)

Gaidar's economic policies were controversial to say the least. It is puzzling that this article makes no mention of them but makes a point of enumerating his many "publications". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.251.97.97 (talk • contribs) 05:49, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gaidar is not Satan

There does need to be something about the economic transition in here, but better nothing than something trying to blame him for everything bad that happened during the transition. He did not cause the inflation that wiped out so many savings. The central bank was in charge of that, the head of which was against the reformers. After he resigned, more inflation was caused when the government eased its tight policies to placate the opposition, who was against reforms. Yes, there were issues with the privitization, but to blame Gaidar personally for all the faults is incorrect. And if privitization is mentioned, it would be necessary to mention the success in privitizing the thousands and thousands of firms privitized, as well as homes and apartments. And anyways, one should remember that the planned economy was going to hell even before Gaidar started. --Sconnie 01:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC) I agree. Biophys 21:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

To all of you Gaidar supporters - wait until he's tried. He deserves to have his head on a pole. And while certainly, he's not the only one responsible for serious problems with Russian economy, he is quite a prominent player in those affairs. Other names come to mind as well, like Gorbachev, Eltsin, Chubais, Berezovsky, etc. Btw, privatization in Russia brought in to the budget one tenth of what privatization brought in Czech Republic. Huge plants would be sold under the table for a price of a small bakery. Privatization was the largest con operation in the known historyKo Soi IX 01:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New book by Gaidar

I did not read the entire book; only some portions. I tried to translate the title correctly, but someone should check. This is a very good book (although it seemed a little boring to me). It should be translated to English as soon as possible. Biophys 21:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)