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Final meeting of the Scientific Council took place on December 17 at the Gaidar Institute. Andrey Polbin, Candidate of economic sciences, Head of Macroeconomic Modeling Department, delivered principal presentation “Optimum tax on greenhouse gases emission in model with overlapping generation”.

Sergey Prikhodko, Executive Director of the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, shared his memories with Gazeta.ru about Egor Gaidar who passed away ten years ago.

On December 11, 2019, Stepan Zemtsov, Senior Researcher, Innovation Economics Department, took part in the scientific-theoretical seminar organized by Center for comparative socio-economic and political studies of the RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations dedicated to “Buildup of a new social landscape in the age of digitalization”.

On December 11, Alexey Vedev, Head of Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part at the XVIII National Congress of professional corporate directors.

Stepan Zemtsov, Senior researcher, Innovation Economics Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in the workshop “Winter Island” for specialists in digital economy held in Sochi on December 2-3 with support of the University 20.35, ASI, RVC, PwC, etc.

Natalia Kornienko, Head of Tax System Development Department of the Gaidar Institute, commented to radio station “Govorit Moskva” the proposal to exempt low-income people from PIT.

The books of the Gaidar Institute Publishing House will be presented at the main book event of the year - the International Fair of Intellectual Literature Non / fictio№21, which will be held on December 5–9, 2019 at the Gostiny Dvor in Moscow (Stand E-3).

Presentation of a new book “Decorations/Dependency.

Irina Tolmacheva, Head of Legal Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in the V Fundraising Forum “Development of Human Capital in fundraising and philanthropy”.

Stepan Zemtsov, Senior researcher, Innovation Economics Department, spoke at International Forum on sustainable development “Common future”.

Aleksey Vedev, Head of Financial Research Department of the Gaidar Institute, spoke at the seminar “Russian economy at the crossroads: how to secure long term growth” attended by leading European and Russian economists.

Gaidar Forum will be held at PANEPA on January 15-16, 2020. Everyone interested can register on the official website of the Forum.

Sergey Zhavoronkov, Senior Researcher of the Gaidar Institute, took part in the «OTRazhenie” TV program at OTR channel dedicated to pre-Christmas procurement.

Stepan Zemtsov, Senior Researcher, Innovation Economic Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in a talk show “In the meantime. Values” moderated by Alexander Arkhangelsky at TV Channel “Russia K” (Kultura).  

Forbes published review on the book by David Abraham “The Elements of Power. Gadgets, Guns, and The Strugglee for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age”.

On November 1, a round table discussion "Negative rates. Prospects for their introduction in Russia” took place organized by Club of Banking Analysts and Macroeconomists in conjunction with IEP and the RANEPA Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA).