1990 Reports

500 Days: Shatalin At Columbia

Shatalin, Stanislav

(On October 4,1990, Soviet economist Stanislav Shatalin, coauthor of the so-called 500 Days plan to propel the Soviet Untion into a market economy , spoke to a packed house at Columbia's School of International Affairs. The session was chaired by SIPA Dean Alfred Stepan; a former student of Shatalin’s, Harriman Institute, economics professor Richard Ericson , agreed at short notice to serve as interpreter. The session lasted two hours; what follows is a Slightly edited transcript , with additional translation based on the Harriman Institute’ s tapes )