Was post-communist mass privatisation a serial killer? | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Dr Christopher Gerry (UCL SSEES) explains why and how a UCL team re-examined evidence for the controversial claim that rapid economic reforms in 1990s post-Communist Europe led to the deaths of thousands.
The new study argues that, where mass privatisation was implemented, male mortality rates had long since been increasing.
Moreover, we argue that subsequent experiences, long after any mass privatisation effect had disappeared, further complicate any attempt to establish a mass privatisation–mortality link (for example, deaths increased again from 1999 in Russia).”