The Harvard Boys Do Russia
by SP Borrowing from the phrasing of the porn classic “Debbie Does Dallas,” American anthropologist Janine R. Wedel tells the story of the “privitazation” (plundering) of Russia’s state owned assets under Borris Yeltsin. This article is from The Nation. Her bio notes: Wedel received a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. She writes about governing, corruption, foreign aid, and influence elites through the … Read more