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...fact, Shleifer speculates that the magnitude of Russia’s post-Communist economic collapse has been greatly overstated because official Soviet statistics were quite inflated. Shleifer further argues that Russia’s woes closely resemble those of middle-income countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, and Mexico, which all have per capita GDPs that hover around Russia’s of $8,000. Hardly exceptional, the economic problems that addle Russia—from capital flight to debt defaults—are standard fare for these middle income countries...
...does not, however, ignore Russian politics. He explains away President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to undermine democratic institutions as perfectly ordinary activities for middle-income heads of state, comparing the level of election fraud, voter intimidation and vote-buying in the Russian Federation to those of Argentina and Brazil. So Russia is “normal,” at least according to the conveniently quantifiable indicators economists such as Shleifer use to gauge the economic and political life (or lack thereof) of a country...
...ARGENTINA A Case of the Jitters...
...marquee might as well say DISASTER. Indeed, when such a show was first mentioned to Choreographer Juan Carlos Copes, he answered, reasonably enough, "You must be crazy." But reason does not always prevail on Broadway, where near sellout audiences at the Mark Hellinger Theater have turned Tango Argentina into the season's surprise hit. Says Co-Producer Mel Howard: "There's obviously a little bit of magic going...
Segovia and Orezzoli visited dance halls and clubs all over Argentina to find the best tango teams. Five of the seven couples chosen are married. "In the American tango, everyone does it the same way," says Choreographer Copes, 54, who also dances in the show. "But in Argentina, everyone feels different. It's like love between a couple: some are sweet, some sensuous, some fighting." He has been dancing with his own partner, Mara Nieves, 48, for 32 years, during nine of which they were husband and wife. Even after their divorce, they-continued working together...