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The Outcome: Capitalism for the Few and Low Incomes for the Many

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The three main aims of this book were to describe what happened with economic reforms and performance, why things evolved as they did and the prospects that the EuroMaidan revolution will succeed. The first two points are summarized in this chapter, while Chap. 15 discusses future prospects.

‘The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.’

Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government, born in Lviv, Ukraine 1881 (then Lemberg)

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    Cowley (1994), p. 5.

  2. 2.

    In a book review of Ploky (2015).

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  • Vox Ukraine and Liga. (2016, March 14). Two years after the Maidan (Dva Goda Poslye Maydana). Kyiv: LIGA. www.liga.net/projects/after_maidan_ukraine2015

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Havrylyshyn, O. (2017). The Outcome: Capitalism for the Few and Low Incomes for the Many. In: The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57690-3_14

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