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    Kryvyi Rih: wages and democracy

    Maksym Kazakov Ukraine’s mining and metal industry was constructed largely in the era of fulfilled (and over-fulfilled) five-year plans. After Ukraine gained independence in 1991, these factories and mines played (and continue to play) no less a role than in the Soviet state. Today, every school student in Ukraine has to know about the shortcomings […]

    Export of raw materials as a national idea and replenishing the state’s budget

    Since the beginning of Ukraine’s independence, agriculture has been seen as the new backbone of the country’s economy. The fertility of ‘chernozem’ was supposed to provide the Ukrainian market with food products and, furthermore, accumulate resources for the development of other sectors of the economy. Indeed, the industry is steadily heading towards first place in […]

    1917—2017

    Редакторська передмова Сьогодні світ відзначає великий ювілей: рівно сто років тому відбулося збройне повстання в Петрограді, за результатами якого владу взяла партія більшовиків, розпочавши процес, що трактувався ними як соціалістична революція. Навіть сто років потому багато питань, що стосуються цієї події, викликають гостру полеміку. Чим була Жовтнева революція як подія? Яка природа того суспільства, що утворилося внаслідок її розвитку? Наскільки актуальний її спадок для […]

    Will education save the world?

    This article was written as part of the work of the economic department of Center for Social and Labor Research. “People get, for example, a degree in law, and then get a job at McDonalds. But they could have worked there before receiving their diploma, and the country could have saved 800 hryvnias on them.” […]

    Totalitarian tendencies in post-Maidan Ukraine

    Volodymyr Chemerys Under Ukraine’s pre-Maidan criminal regime, any pressure on journalists used to provoke a wave of indignation. This indignation, which came from journalists, human rights defenders and civic activists themselves, even became a precursor to the first Maidan in independent Ukraine — the protests under the banner of “Ukraine without Kuchma”.  Information about temnyky, […]

    New technology and global inequality

    This article was written as part of the work of the economic department of Center for Social and Labor Research. New opportunities, old inequalities Factories without workers, bullet trains and subways without drivers, robot cleaners and smart houses, multifunctional gadgets and 3D printers, electronic marketing, freelancing and sharing economy[i]. Today’s world is getting closer to […]

    European Association: two years later

    In our economic analysis of changes that are taking place in Ukraine since 2013, we need to pay special attention to the consequences of Ukraine’s free trade agreement with the EU. In this article we test the assumptions about economic threats to our country’s development, related to the unequal nature of the abovementioned agreement. We […]

    Science, Crimea and prison bars: persecution of teachers and researchers

    Aliona Liasheva, Viktoriia Muliavka   The use of science and education for political purposes in Ukraine has become the norm. How has it happened and why is it a terrifying trend? The conference in Yalta For Ukrainian teachers, participation in a scientific event in Crimea resulted in dismissals and monitoring by The Security Service of Ukraine […]

    Changes in the Ukrainian economy after the Maidan

    Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine since February 2022, as well as both national and international policies to deal with the impact of the war, have surely influenced the spaces and networks of social reproduction, both in Ukraine and in refuge. The destruction and resulting displacement, neoliberal austerity, unprecedented border regulations, and refugee policies, have all […]