Re: Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory

2004-03-13 Thread Chris Doss
in a predictable way. The days of bandit capitalism are over. -Original Message- From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:53:07 -0800 Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory Rather than making sweeping

Re: Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory

2004-03-12 Thread Chris Doss
Doss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:20:23 +0300 Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory Yes, my goof. Impossible to implement when income is unverifiable. do you mean progressive income taxation? Jim D.

Re: Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory

2004-03-12 Thread Michael Perelman
Rather than making sweeping determinations about the Russian election, which seems to be a foregone conclusion, I would like to know about the Russian economy. Since Chris is there on the ground in Russia, what accounts for the supposed that improvement in the economy? Oil prices increasing, a

Re: Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory

2004-03-11 Thread Chris Doss
Good job citing Rosbalt! See below. -Original Message- From: Jurriaan Bendien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course, the shadow economy would consist both of activities defined as production, and activities consist only of transactions unrelated to real production (transfer incomes), one

Re: Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory

2004-03-11 Thread Devine, James
Chris writes: Because no one knows how much people really earn (this is why, as an aside, regressive income taxation is just not viable in Russia), do you mean progressive income taxation? Jim D.

Re: Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory

2004-03-11 Thread Chris Doss
Yes, my goof. Impossible to implement when income is unverifiable. do you mean progressive income taxation? Jim D.

Russian shadow economy, GDP and Marx's value theory

2004-03-10 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
I will just post a digressive comment I made to Chris Doss, with some additions, in case anybody is interested in this type of issue. As I told Chris, I know little about contemporary Russia. I think the main thing to note is that the black and grey economy (or the shadow economy) in Russia is so