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Prose on the Rocks
Hiking in the mountainous ranges of macroeconomic development, diaspora, foreign exchange, sovereign debt, and small open post-socialist economies... with some commentary, in no particular order.
By Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
· Launched 2 years ago
Uncertainty of the least regret option in macroeconomic policy
Jun 4•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
Other Articles
Nationalism, Greed and Property: why it is essential to read Branko Milanovic today
May 19•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
Soviet history's unknown: Anastas Mikoyan
Oct 28, 2025•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
What does it mean to be an economist? And why economics still matters...
Sep 27, 2025•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism…
Feb 23•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
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A small country with a big nation strategy and an even greater diaspora promise: Ireland
The participatory approach in devising Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy is a sign of Ireland’s institutional maturity as well as its diaspora’s strong… May 3•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
To gold or not to gold: a central bank dilemma…
Why would central banks hold gold? Targeting exchange rate is back in fashion. Apr 8•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
The printing press, identity, and the formation of diaspora in early modernity
Here is an unusual story of the impact of print culture in early modernity on the formation of unique diasporic identities embodying notions of… Feb 3•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
For universities adopting AI means ascending back to their core purpose
True value comes from universities looking into their origins prioritizing student-teacher-scholar connections…
Jan 15•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
Have the small transition economies "transitioned"? Why history [still] matters. Part II.
With transient economic successes, it is important to talk "industrial policy" or strategic macroeconomic development now in the very small open… Dec 29, 2025•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
The "science" behind international reserve currencies... is history
Amidst recent speculations on the US dollar's status as world's reserve, it is the history of currency rises and falls that offers a reasonable… Nov 14, 2025•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
Soviet history's unknown: Anastas Mikoyan
New archival evidence aside, this book completely changes the established view about Anastas Mikoyan and his role in the social and economic development… Oct 28, 2025•Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan