After Marxism's fall, curbs on news stay
HOW DOES a nation move from a centrally planned and controlled economy to a free market, and what institutions does a free and civil society require?
...I was in Belarus to teach business and economic journalism, brought there by the Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center, a creation of entrepreneurial and liberalizing elements of the society. Even with the instincts of a Soviet-era leader, Lukashenko knows that he needs to attract foreign investment and reform the economy. He is tolerating the privatization of some business, though the bureaucratic obstacles to an entrepreneur are formidable...
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