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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan

@avgevork.bsky.social
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Economist. Author of #TransitionEconomies. Work on open economy macro / development; econ hist; post-socialist; #diaspora economics || hiking || w: agevorkyan.com

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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Coming up on Oct 6 - a conversation with @financialtimes.com & colleagues on #AI and #education… what to do? professional.ft.com/how-can-ai-t...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Coming up on Oct 6 - a conversation with @financialtimes.com & colleagues on #AI and #education… what to do? professional.ft.com/how-can-ai-t...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Once in transition, always in transition? My substack on the publication of the Mexican edition of #TransitionEconomies
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Pressures to comply with sovereign debt obligations and maintain the sovereign rating may also emerge from the domestic business (and to some extent, political) interest groups. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/debt-in-th...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Once in transition, always in transition? My substack on the publication of the Mexican edition of #TransitionEconomies
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
...it would be at such point of structural stability, if ever attainable, that broader social and capital inclusivity in the economic process becomes possible. But the progress will be gradual and, if done properly, likely requiring significant strategic state involvement... [link in comments]
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
...it would be at such point of structural stability, if ever attainable, that broader social and capital inclusivity in the economic process becomes possible. But the progress will be gradual and, if done properly, likely requiring significant strategic state involvement... [link in comments]
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In these ever unusual times of ours every bit of positive news brings a whole lot of sunshine ))) HOT of the PRESS! The Mexican edition of Transition Economies 1st published by Routledge in English in 2018 and now in Spanish by Fondo de Cultura Económica is out! The url in comments
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In these ever unusual times of ours every bit of positive news brings a whole lot of sunshine ))) HOT of the PRESS! The Mexican edition of Transition Economies 1st published by Routledge in English in 2018 and now in Spanish by Fondo de Cultura Económica is out! The url in comments
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Pressures to comply with sovereign debt obligations and maintain the sovereign rating may also emerge from the domestic business (and to some extent, political) interest groups. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/debt-in-th...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
For foreign exchange-strapped developing nations borrowing in the international capital markets, comparative ratings of their debt profile determine whether a country appears on the global investors’ map or not. open.substack.com/pub/proseont...
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Debt in the mountains: few thoughts on the recent credit ratings updates of Armenia and Georgia
With new sovereign credit rating outlooks for Armenia and Georgia, there is a lot to be gained but even more so that is at stake in hopes for macroeconomic prosperity.
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
For foreign exchange-strapped developing nations borrowing in the international capital markets, comparative ratings of their debt profile determine whether a country appears on the global investors’ map or not. open.substack.com/pub/proseont...
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Debt in the mountains: few thoughts on the recent credit ratings updates of Armenia and Georgia
With new sovereign credit rating outlooks for Armenia and Georgia, there is a lot to be gained but even more so that is at stake in hopes for macroeconomic prosperity.
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trust, Credit, and the Alchemy: reciew of Mervyn King’s The End of Alchemy open.substack.com/pub/proseont...
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Trust, Credit, and the Alchemy: review of Mervyn King’s The End of Alchemy
King walks the reader through the actual process by which money is created through the extension of credit, to show that this system of trust and belief is no more than a pretense of a good game.
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
about the future, as we are reminded by JM Keynes “[w]e simply do not know.” Uncertainty then is omnipresent and the “regret the least” economic action may indeed be the best option consistent with the economic policy priorities at any given time. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/uncertaint...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
NEW! A comment on @brankomilan.bsky.social ‘s The Great Global Transformation... Perhaps the book may inspire a fairer, balanced, a calmer world… although, somewhat paradoxically, today this sounds more as a hope from the tumultuous 1990s. more here: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/nationalis...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“A sovereign state willingly takes on responsibility for the well-being of its compatriots living abroad, no questions asked. Indeed, this is a lesson to be learned across emerging markets and developing economies.” proseontherocks.substack.com/p/a-small-co...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“A sovereign state willingly takes on responsibility for the well-being of its compatriots living abroad, no questions asked. Indeed, this is a lesson to be learned across emerging markets and developing economies.” proseontherocks.substack.com/p/a-small-co...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"The participatory approach in devising Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy is a sign of Ireland’s institutional maturity as well as its diaspora’s strong involvement in the island’s long-term prosperity." My impressions on Ireland's Diaspora Strategy proseontherocks.substack.com/p/a-small-co...
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A small country with a big nation strategy and an even greater diaspora promise: Ireland
The participatory approach in devising Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy is a sign of Ireland’s institutional maturity as well as its diaspora’s strong involvement in the island’s long-term prosperity.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/04/2026
Today marks the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As we honor the 1.5 million Armenians murdered by the Ottoman Empire across modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Armenia, we must refuse to let history repeat itself.
In 2020, the military forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey attacked the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2023, Azerbaijan expelled over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, continuing the genocidal campaign that had begun over 100 years prior.
On this day of remembrance, we reaffirm the right of the Armenian people - and all people — to freedom, safety, and self-determination.
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"...all that glitters is gold..." Curious what's happening in the #gold markets? Central banks across emerging markets are the leading drivers of the global international markets. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/proseont...
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To gold or not to gold: a central bank dilemma…
Why would central banks hold gold? Targeting exchange rate is back in fashion.
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Adding some final touches… six years since the project’s inception! Request for your libraries: The Oxford Handbook of Post-Socialist Economies. And many thanks to all authors and all who supported this work. Read individual chapters here doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Adding some final touches… six years since the project’s inception! Request for your libraries: The Oxford Handbook of Post-Socialist Economies. And many thanks to all authors and all who supported this work. Read individual chapters here doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Join us at Henry George School of Social Science for a conversation on #AI & our daily lives; the growing fears of AI in the labor markets, confusion in education sector, challenges and opportunities all across! At 6:30PM EDT Tuesday, April 28, 2026 register here www.hgsss.org/webinar/prog...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
What is THE one book to gift to an undergraduate student majoring in #Economics? [image source: ChatGPT]
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New Substack - To gold or not to gold: a central bank dilemma… Why would central banks hold gold? Targeting exchange rate is back in fashion and it helps to have the gold to do it - revisiting central banks' strategies... Read more here: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/to-gold-or...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New Substack - To gold or not to gold: a central bank dilemma… Why would central banks hold gold? Targeting exchange rate is back in fashion and it helps to have the gold to do it - revisiting central banks' strategies... Read more here: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/to-gold-or...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
From the WB-ECA - industrial policy is now in fashion... That's in contrast with the "let the market decide on its own & ignore the collateral damage (de-industrialization, poverty, inequality)" of the 1990s transition times... Some related thoughts proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Just a reminder that #diaspora is an inherently complex heterogeneous concept defined by its nonlinearities…. Nothing is guaranteed as far as home country engagement. More in here agevorkyan.com/diaspora/
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Here are the charts for Serbia and Moldova as well, via @wid.world
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Some interesting trends in #TransitionEconomies #inequality (tks to @ourworldindata.org for making it easy to put these together): inequality is relatively high BUT it was higher (1995 vs 2024) measured w/Gini. Big surprises are probably Latvia, Lithuania in 2024...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Some interesting trends in #TransitionEconomies #inequality (tks to @ourworldindata.org for making it easy to put these together): inequality is relatively high BUT it was higher (1995 vs 2024) measured w/Gini. Big surprises are probably Latvia, Lithuania in 2024...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
What de-industrialization looks like in the small post-socialist economies... + rising income #inequality.... new substack proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
What a positioning!:) Amazon and its unbeatable algorithms... So, please, go ahead, do it! ))) buy them both:) url here b/ @bsky.app says they don’t downgrade :) goo.gl/HGy6pt
Transition Economies and Marx’s Capital
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
What a positioning!:) Amazon and its unbeatable algorithms... So, please, go ahead, do it! ))) buy them both:) url here b/ @bsky.app says they don’t downgrade :) goo.gl/HGy6pt
Transition Economies and Marx’s Capital
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Here's a video from our Tuesday's conversation on #AI adoption across the world with reflections on Armenia, Georgia, Germany, Japan and beyond... via @HGSSSNYC youtu.be/e5q2-hDOfdk
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The True Beneficiaries of AI Around the World
YouTube video by Henry George School of Social Science
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Required reading while researching with students for the project on congestion pricing in #NYC
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism… proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism… proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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The Economic Misfit @theeconomicmisfit.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
📢 Call for Papers: 16th Annual Meeting of the Armenian Economic Association (AEA) 2026 Looking to present your research at a high-level, general-interest economics conference? Funding: Limited travel grants available Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/28/t...
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The 16th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association 2026 Call for Papers | The Economic Misfit
The 16th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held in Yerevan, Armenia, from June 29 to July 1, 2026, hosted under the auspices of the American University of Armenia. We look f...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“That’s not how macroeconomic development works.” Across small former socialist economies, most of their economic output and population are concentrated in the sprawling capital cities. New substack⤵️ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“That’s not how macroeconomic development works.” Across small former socialist economies, most of their economic output and population are concentrated in the sprawling capital cities. New substack⤵️ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
What de-industrialization looks like in the small post-socialist economies... + rising income #inequality.... new substack proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
What does Adam Smith have to do with macroeconomic development and income inequality in small post-socialist economies? Read more in ‘De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism…’ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
What does Adam Smith have to do with macroeconomic development and income inequality in small post-socialist economies? Read more in ‘De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism…’ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
New Substack (plz subscribe & share): Despite their World Bank’s upper-middle-income classification, the small open post-socialist economies do not present an obvious story of sustainable economic growth and prosperity. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
New Substack (plz subscribe & share): Despite their World Bank’s upper-middle-income classification, the small open post-socialist economies do not present an obvious story of sustainable economic growth and prosperity. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Read “that one” first and then the other or read both at once? That is the question…:) Congrats @brankomilan.bsky.social !
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
"...the concern with poverty works like an anesthetic to the bad conscience of the many."
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New post: “The printing press, identity, and the formation of diaspora in early modernity - my review of Sebouh Aslanian's book” open.substack.com/pub/proseont...
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The printing press, identity, and the formation of diaspora in early modernity
Here is an unusual story of the impact of print culture in early modernity on the formation of unique diasporic identities embodying notions of community, belonging, and separation from home.
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Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan @avgevork.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
In response, to a rightful challenge on my recent '#AI at universities' essay, the short answer can be "use it to learn but not to substitute for your own work"... The rest is in here⤵️
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