Grigory Yavlinsky is a Russian economist and politician. A proponent of market-oriented reforms under Gorbachev, Yavlinsky has been a key figure of the opposition in post-Soviet Russia with the independent liberal party Yabloko, for which he was the 2018 presidential candidate. His books include Realeconomik: The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (and How to Avert the Next One) (2011) and Incentives and Institutions: The Transition to a Market Economy in Russia (2000). He teaches at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
A much-needed insider view from an important political figure and reform economist.--Jack Matlock Jr., former U.S. ambassador Grigory Yavlinsky's book is of great importance. He gives us a clear-eyed diagnosis of Putinism, a phenomenon that exacerbates the crisis in democracy and casts a shadow over the world order in the twenty-first century. But he also reminds us that Russia has brave, determined reformers who have on their side logic, principles, and lessons from the past and present that will guide their remedies for the future.--Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution Grigory Yavlinsky is one of the most acute, brilliant observers of and actors in contemporary Russian life, politics, and history. The Putin System makes a uniquely valuable contribution to understanding the Putin phenomenon in all its visible and invisible aspects--and why the West must pay attention.--Jonathan Brent, author of Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia