How proper history (not pop history) can give you a more nuanced view of Russia’s historical development and more optimism for the future.

I’m going to take a break from musing about socialist economics to talk about the actual show Pluribus and its allegorical meanings.

Russia’s manufacturing sector slipped back into contraction in August as weaker demand hit new orders and production, while inflationary pressures intensified and manufacturers continued to cut jobs, according to the latest S&P Global numbers.

In which I say, some words about Kanye

A flying visit

Yabloko removed from the Duma elections

I have THOUGHTS

Why might an oligarch put his head above the parapet?

The rise and fall of a trusted executive offers a glimpse behind the curtain

No pressure to end, but no successes either

Silk Mirage is a compelling portrait of Uzbekistan, a country at the heart of the ancient Silk Road and now the centre of a power struggle between reformers and…

More about the "Party of Adjutants"

Novelising the un-Novelisable

Are there really "cracks in the regime"?

Does a world of perfect information finally allow you to build a centrally planned economic utopia?

What it's all about

What the numbers do and don't show

And a call for requests....

Андрей Заренин отправится в зону СВО

Twenty years after David's death, his family and friends recall what made him such a special man and how it helped shape him as a player

The battlefields for Russia’s social policy are segmented.

You can lead a stalking horse to water....

Is Soviet planning possible in the world of Pluribus?

How a 1930s article on the theory of the firm shows why there is no need for corporations in Pluribus

How Pluribus illustrates the magic unrealism of Marx's vision of a revolution