Review of the 145th meeting of the Dispute club “Economic Policy Knots” of the Association of the Russian Economic Think Tanks on the Topic “What Anti-Crisis Measures are Needed and Possible in Russia?”

Abstract

The work is devoted to a review of the results of the 145rd meeting of the Dispute Club “Eco-nomic Policy Knots” of the Association of Russian Economic Think Tanks (hereinafter referred to as ARETT) on the topic "What anti-crisis measures are necessary and possible in Russia?". The purpose of the event was to discuss the consequences of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the Russian economy and the necessary anti-crisis measures. Disputants were Ruben Enikolopov, Rector of the New Economic School, and Andrey Yakovlev, Director of the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies of the Higher School of Economics. The review presents the key ideas of the disputants, and also summarizes the main results of their answers to questions.