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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:1087-1088
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Population Health

Commentary: Winners and losers

Martin McKee

European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. E-mail: martin.mckee@lshtm.ac.uk

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It has almost become a cliché to talk of winners and losers in the transition to democracy in the former Soviet Union. Like the men in grey suits (the arms dealers) who did well out of the First World War, some have seen their fortunes improve beyond their wildest dreams. Some of the most extreme examples are in Russia where a small group of oligarchs effectively appropriated the assets of the state for their own private gain. At the same time, many of their compatriots have seen once secure jobs disappear, or more often continue but with payment in arrears or not at all, recalling . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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