The Post-s... - The Conundrum Of Russian Capitalism:

The "conundrum" refers to the paradoxical behavior of Russian business owners who systematically favor inferior, short-term gains over long-term, capacity-generating investments.

In his book The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism: The Post-Soviet Economy in the World System , Ruslan Dzarasov argues that Russia's contemporary economic model is not a clean break from its communist past but rather a continuation of the Stalinist tradition, shaped by both the "degenerated Soviet bureaucracy" and the pressures of global, financialized capitalism. The Core Conundrum: Short-Termism and "Insider Rent" The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism: The Post-S...

Dzarasov places Russia within the "periphery" or "semi-periphery" of the global capitalist world-system. The "conundrum" refers to the paradoxical behavior of

: Business strategies are primarily designed to protect capital from takeovers by rivals or to seize rivals' assets in a corrupt and unstable environment. Relationship to the Global World-System : Business strategies are primarily designed to protect

The current system emerged from the chaotic transition of the 1990s: