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“In the Soviet Union we have a saying, a pessimist is someone who believes things can't get any worse. An optimist thinks maybe they can.”

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Abel Aganbegyan
Abel Aganbegyan

Abel Aganbegyan, born on October 8, 1932, is a renowned economist whose research focused on macroeconomic policies and theories of economic development, having a profound impact on economic reforms in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet countries. more

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