In a comment a few days ago, Joel mentioned that Anders Aslund believes the revolution in Ukraine was due to the millionaires support for the opposition triumphing over the billionaires support for the regime, and that Aslund now believes a similar revolution may be brewing against Putin in Russia.
Now Joel has posted an except from the article on Far Outliers:
in conversation the other day and in several recent articles he has written, Aslund persuasively illuminated domestic conflicts that he sees leading toward "an unraveling of the Putin regime." Parallels exist both with Gorbachev’s failure and with the political success of the reformer Yushchenko, with whom Aslund worked at Ukraine’s Central Bank.
And, while you are at Far Outliers, be sure to check out Joel’s posts about the Gulags:
