Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
@avgevork.bsky.social
Economist. Author of #TransitionEconomies. Work on open economy macro / development; econ hist; post-socialist; #diaspora economics || hiking || w: agevorkyan.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New Substack! Soviet history's unknown: Anastas Mikoyan.
Review of Pietro Shakarian's "Anastas Mikoyan: an Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin"
FYI @iupress.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/soviet-his...
Review of Pietro Shakarian's "Anastas Mikoyan: an Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin"
FYI @iupress.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/soviet-his...
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New Substack! Soviet history's unknown: Anastas Mikoyan.
Review of Pietro Shakarian's "Anastas Mikoyan: an Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin"
FYI @iupress.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/soviet-his...
Review of Pietro Shakarian's "Anastas Mikoyan: an Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin"
FYI @iupress.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/soviet-his...
The "transition" period had a major destructive impact on the societies / economies of the small post-socialist economies.
Here via the decline in average height during the tumultuous 1990s...
data: @OurWorldInData
Read the book: goo.gl/HGy6pt
Read the substack: proseontherocks.substack.com
Here via the decline in average height during the tumultuous 1990s...
data: @OurWorldInData
Read the book: goo.gl/HGy6pt
Read the substack: proseontherocks.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The "transition" period had a major destructive impact on the societies / economies of the small post-socialist economies.
Here via the decline in average height during the tumultuous 1990s...
data: @OurWorldInData
Read the book: goo.gl/HGy6pt
Read the substack: proseontherocks.substack.com
Here via the decline in average height during the tumultuous 1990s...
data: @OurWorldInData
Read the book: goo.gl/HGy6pt
Read the substack: proseontherocks.substack.com
The glorious mount Ararat at dawn and sunset… the history the identity the eternal hope
October 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The glorious mount Ararat at dawn and sunset… the history the identity the eternal hope
October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"So, professor, how do we correct economics?" - I was asked a month or so ago...
The result is a podcast & a quick Substack on economics education and economists.
proseontherocks.substack.com/p/what-does-...
The result is a podcast & a quick Substack on economics education and economists.
proseontherocks.substack.com/p/what-does-...
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"So, professor, how do we correct economics?" - I was asked a month or so ago...
The result is a podcast & a quick Substack on economics education and economists.
proseontherocks.substack.com/p/what-does-...
The result is a podcast & a quick Substack on economics education and economists.
proseontherocks.substack.com/p/what-does-...
So, what is your strategy to reviewing such a paper for a leading journal in your field?
September 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So, what is your strategy to reviewing such a paper for a leading journal in your field?
Two charts from @brankomilan.bsky.social - impressive income growth but rising inequality as well as a rising new “bourgeoisie”… all within 4 decades or so
September 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Two charts from @brankomilan.bsky.social - impressive income growth but rising inequality as well as a rising new “bourgeoisie”… all within 4 decades or so
The big conversation - taking place now at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social - discussing demographics, development, inequality, perceptions in / of #China with @brankomilan.bsky.social @janetgornick.bsky.social & others on the panel.
September 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The big conversation - taking place now at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social - discussing demographics, development, inequality, perceptions in / of #China with @brankomilan.bsky.social @janetgornick.bsky.social & others on the panel.
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
My review of Sebouh Aslanian's "Early Modernity and Mobility" .... with a strong flavor of #diaspora topic: from history to today across #Eurasia!
Follow the link below for free access and spread the word!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WN2AF...
FYU @yalepress.bsky.social
My review of Sebouh Aslanian's "Early Modernity and Mobility" .... with a strong flavor of #diaspora topic: from history to today across #Eurasia!
Follow the link below for free access and spread the word!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WN2AF...
FYU @yalepress.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
My review of Sebouh Aslanian's "Early Modernity and Mobility" .... with a strong flavor of #diaspora topic: from history to today across #Eurasia!
Follow the link below for free access and spread the word!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WN2AF...
FYU @yalepress.bsky.social
My review of Sebouh Aslanian's "Early Modernity and Mobility" .... with a strong flavor of #diaspora topic: from history to today across #Eurasia!
Follow the link below for free access and spread the word!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WN2AF...
FYU @yalepress.bsky.social
Among economic reasons, Germany’s hyperinflation of the 1920s was a key factor leading to all the horror that would follow in the subsequent two decades…
(economics matters & reading JM Keynes’s The Economic Consequences of the Peace mattered even more at the time)…
[a flea market catch]
(economics matters & reading JM Keynes’s The Economic Consequences of the Peace mattered even more at the time)…
[a flea market catch]
September 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Among economic reasons, Germany’s hyperinflation of the 1920s was a key factor leading to all the horror that would follow in the subsequent two decades…
(economics matters & reading JM Keynes’s The Economic Consequences of the Peace mattered even more at the time)…
[a flea market catch]
(economics matters & reading JM Keynes’s The Economic Consequences of the Peace mattered even more at the time)…
[a flea market catch]
The lack of attention by fast print academic publishers to details, in this case a map, though minor, almost devalues the entire research effort…
Unorthodox spellings aside, Armenia and Georgia swapping places on this map is a new mystic twist in the Caucasus cartography….
Unorthodox spellings aside, Armenia and Georgia swapping places on this map is a new mystic twist in the Caucasus cartography….
August 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The lack of attention by fast print academic publishers to details, in this case a map, though minor, almost devalues the entire research effort…
Unorthodox spellings aside, Armenia and Georgia swapping places on this map is a new mystic twist in the Caucasus cartography….
Unorthodox spellings aside, Armenia and Georgia swapping places on this map is a new mystic twist in the Caucasus cartography….
Someone 'asked' #AI to create a podcast summarizing one of my earlier (co-authored) articles on... AI )))
It actually turned out quite nicely, so take a list here if prefer to avoid reading much text (link to the original article in comments):
drive.google.com/file/d/161zT...
It actually turned out quite nicely, so take a list here if prefer to avoid reading much text (link to the original article in comments):
drive.google.com/file/d/161zT...
August 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Someone 'asked' #AI to create a podcast summarizing one of my earlier (co-authored) articles on... AI )))
It actually turned out quite nicely, so take a list here if prefer to avoid reading much text (link to the original article in comments):
drive.google.com/file/d/161zT...
It actually turned out quite nicely, so take a list here if prefer to avoid reading much text (link to the original article in comments):
drive.google.com/file/d/161zT...
Friday challenge: Hegel’s dialectic - a nice read/summary contrasting formal logic with dialectics.
open.substack.com/pub/colinbod...
open.substack.com/pub/colinbod...
July 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Friday challenge: Hegel’s dialectic - a nice read/summary contrasting formal logic with dialectics.
open.substack.com/pub/colinbod...
open.substack.com/pub/colinbod...
Today's substack is on diaspora bond's (Ireland was first): some history, some econ development, and a lot of caution...
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/on-diaspor...
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/on-diaspor...
June 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Today's substack is on diaspora bond's (Ireland was first): some history, some econ development, and a lot of caution...
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/on-diaspor...
READ: proseontherocks.substack.com/p/on-diaspor...
The program for the 15th annual conference of the Armenian Economic Association is out and it's bigger than before! Please register and we will see you in Armenia!
aea.am/annual-meeti...
aea.am/annual-meeti...
June 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The program for the 15th annual conference of the Armenian Economic Association is out and it's bigger than before! Please register and we will see you in Armenia!
aea.am/annual-meeti...
aea.am/annual-meeti...
Here we go: 🕺 give a talk on #diaspora bond, warn of risks/challenges & say Don't Do It --> and Guyana Business Journal does a tour de force summary & applied analysis related to #Guyana!
That & the AI sketch ))) [link in comments]
guyanabusinessjournal.com/2025/05/dias...
That & the AI sketch ))) [link in comments]
guyanabusinessjournal.com/2025/05/dias...
May 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Here we go: 🕺 give a talk on #diaspora bond, warn of risks/challenges & say Don't Do It --> and Guyana Business Journal does a tour de force summary & applied analysis related to #Guyana!
That & the AI sketch ))) [link in comments]
guyanabusinessjournal.com/2025/05/dias...
That & the AI sketch ))) [link in comments]
guyanabusinessjournal.com/2025/05/dias...
Is there a more recent analysis/update to publishing in leading economics journals or maybe other sources?
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
May 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Is there a more recent analysis/update to publishing in leading economics journals or maybe other sources?
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
AI's takeover of academic publishing... via @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
May 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
AI's takeover of academic publishing... via @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
Updated the #TransitionEconomies vs. world chart with @IMFNews World Economic Outlook data
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Updated the #TransitionEconomies vs. world chart with @IMFNews World Economic Outlook data
Three+ decades of reforms... are the smallest of the #TransitionEconomies there yet? [data from WDI]
April 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Three+ decades of reforms... are the smallest of the #TransitionEconomies there yet? [data from WDI]
Of all the business majors, it is Economics that delivers the highest mid-career (but also early career) earning, whether it's in Top 10 or Top 20...etc... says Payscale
www.payscale.com/college-sala...
www.payscale.com/college-sala...
April 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Of all the business majors, it is Economics that delivers the highest mid-career (but also early career) earning, whether it's in Top 10 or Top 20...etc... says Payscale
www.payscale.com/college-sala...
www.payscale.com/college-sala...
Briefly about REVIEWER - 2 referee report... 🤦♂️....
suggestions from experience are welcome
suggestions from experience are welcome
April 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Briefly about REVIEWER - 2 referee report... 🤦♂️....
suggestions from experience are welcome
suggestions from experience are welcome
Is #NYC making a comeback in terms of office occupancy? via Kastle Systems
www.kastle.com/safety-welln...
www.kastle.com/safety-welln...
April 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Is #NYC making a comeback in terms of office occupancy? via Kastle Systems
www.kastle.com/safety-welln...
www.kastle.com/safety-welln...