 | Money Unmade: Barter and the Fate of Russian Capitalism Subjects: Monetary policy -- Russia (Federation); Barter -- Russia (Federation); Financial crises -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Economic conditions -- 1991–; Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians have seen the ruble steadily lose ground to alternative means of payment such as barter and privately issued quasi-monies. Industry now collects as much as 70 percent of its receipts in nonmonetary... David M. Woodruff is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
