Justification of Neocolonialism, or When the "Superstructure" Is More Important Than the "Base" (On the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics)
- Authors: Vasiliev V.S1
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Affiliations:
- Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
- Issue: No 4 (2025)
- Pages: 17-35
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-6730/article/view/290301
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686673025040027
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/BXLQCN
- ID: 290301
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About the authors
V. S Vasiliev
Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
Email: vsvasiliev@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3131-9500
Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Chief Researcher Russian Federation, 121069, Moscow
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