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Paul Tolmachev

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Paul Tolmachev is an Investment Manager, Economist and Political Analyst. Having more than 20 years’ experience in the financial markets, Paul held management positions in leading international investment and wealth management firms. Paul is serving as a Portfolio Manager for BlackRock with more than $500 million in personally managed assets. He also is a visiting scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, where he researches institutional and political economy, decision science and social behavior, specializing in the analysis of macroeconomics, politics, and social processes. Paul is a columnist and contributor to a number of international think tanks and publications, including Duke University, Mises Institute, Eurasia Review, WallStreetWindow, The Epoch Times, Investing.com, etc.

Recession is a Cleansing, Strong Labor Market is an Illusion

A strong labor market is a common argument cited by experts who convince us that the national economy is strong and that the threat...

Gender Economics: Monogamy is Costly, Female Competition is Fierce, Humanistic Values...

The task of any living unit is to maximize reproduction to maximize its own genetic future. Genetic future can be secured in different ways, but...

Bank Run and Government Policy: Welcome to the Embrace of the...

Let's call things like they are: years of government policy and the actions of the FED have created a major problem for the U.S....

Russia’s Totalitarian Dictatorship: Is There a Reason to Talk about Fascism?

The emerging features of the Russian authoritarian regime, which has finally shifted to a totalitarian dictatorship and is moving further toward the pole of...

Altruism – Economics or Biology? Both

Organisms survive and continue to live. Organisms must send their genes into the future in order to continue living. In order to send their...

The Clash of Autocratic Russia and the Liberal States : Positioning...

Dichotomies are the existential maxim of all things, at least so far known or understood by man. Physical differences like different poles, imperative dichotomies...

The Dictatorship Trajectory: How They Survive and How They Finally End...

Not so long ago, the famous political scientist Ekaterina Shulman in a conversation with journalists mentioned the concept of the legitimacy of power as...

Russia’s Degradation: How Archaic Institutions Hamper Development – Paul Tolmachev

The rational behavior of the direct beneficiaries of any political regime, who control state power, is aimed at avoiding borderline states of public mood....