Countries with reserve currencies, sufficient fiscal capacity to implement soft fiscal policies, and access to global capital markets have the best chance of recovering from the coronavirus crisis. The rest may need external assistance. These are the conclusions drawn by Alexei Kireyev, leading IMF economist and visiting professor at HSE University’s School of World Economy.
Middle-class Russians are more likely to reduce spending on the development of their own human capital and prioritize investing in their children instead, particularly when it comes to their children’s education. This is evidenced by a study conducted by the Centre for Studies of Income and Living Standards of HSE University.
Researchers Yulia Chilipenok, Olga Gaponova, Nadezhda Gaponova and Lyubov Danilova of HSE – Nizhny Novgorod looked at how the lockdown has impacted Russian women during the COVID-19 pandemic. They studied the following questions: how women divided their time; how they worked from home; how they got on with their partners and children; and how they dropped old habits and started new ones in relation to nutrition, health, beauty, and self-development.
Zhirkov K., Verkuyten M., Weesie J. Sociology. SOC. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 08.
Focusing on the Muslim populations in five Muslim-majority countries and four Western
European countries, we examine the levels of support for suicide bombings and other forms
of violence. We found that support for terrorism among Muslims is present but the percentage
of radicals is quite low. In both samples, support for terrorism is stronger among those who
see democracy as a solely Western political system. This pattern of association is similar
across the Western European countries, whereas the association varies considerably across the
Muslim countries. The perceived economic dominance of the West is related to more support
for terrorism among Muslims in Europe. In the Muslim countries, blaming the West for
negative international relations is associated with greater support for terrorism. We suggest
that improvement of the relationships between the West and the Muslim world can reduce
support for terrorism and prevent radicalization within Muslim societies.
Широканова А. А. В кн.: XV апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества: в 4-х книгах. Кн. 4. М.: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2015. С. 139-148.
