Vladimir Aleksandrovich Mau (born December 29, 1959, in Moscow) — Russian economist, closely connected to Ye.T. Gaidar, member of the Board of Directors of Gazprom PJSC since 2011. Since 2002, Rector of the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation; since 2010, Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). Class 1 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation (2001). Member of the Presidium of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.
In 1981, Mau graduated from the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of National Economy with a degree for: Economist, Planning of National Economy.
In 1986, he completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
1994: Doctor of Economics
1996: Professor
1999: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University Pierre Mendès France (Grenoble, France), in Applied Economics (fr. science économique appliquée).
1981-1991: researcher at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1991-1992: laboratory head of the Institute for Economic Policy at the Academy of National Economy. The Institute was headed by Yegor Timurovich Gaidar.
1992: Adviser to Yegor Timurovich Gaidar, Acting Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
1993-1994: Adviser to Yegor Timurovich Gaidar, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
1993-1997: Deputy Director of the Gaidar Transition Economy Institute (TEI)
From September 8, 1997[6] to May 16, 2002: Head of the Working Center for Economic Reforms under the Government of the Russian Federation
May 14, 2002: after election at the Conference of the Academy for five years, by a Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, approved as the Rector of the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation.
June 9, 2007: re-election as Rector, re-approved as the Rector for additional five years.
September 23, 2010: after the Civil Service Academy under the President of the Russian Federation and twelve other regional academies of the state service joined the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, he was appointed as Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) per Regulation No. 1562-Р of the Government of the Russian Federation dated September 23, 2010.
2011 — present: Member of the Scientific Council of the Russian International Affairs Council
Class 1 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation (June 20, 2001)
1988-1992: Professor of Economic History at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
1993-1999: Professor at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics.
Taught at the Moscow Center of Stanford University, USA.
Editor-in-Chief of the Economic Policy Magazine (since 2006); Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Logos Magazine; Member of the Editorial Board of the magazines Economic Matters, Herald of Europe, Journal of Economic Transition (USA), Finance and Business.
Scientific interests: history of Russian economic thought and economic reforms, history and theory of economic policy, comparative analysis of economic policy, political economy, constitutional economics. Head of the Summer Campus of the Presidential Academy (the Republic of Tatarstan).
Membership in advisory and scientific councils and commissions
Member of the Presidium of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation
Member of the Presidential Commission for the Civil Service and Executive Candidate Pool of the Russian Federation
January 11, 2010—present: Member of the Governmental Commission for Economic Development and Integration, Chairman of the Expert Council
October 20, 2005—present: Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science, Technology and Education. Re-appointed to the Council on December 26, 2006 and September 16, 2008.
December 26, 2006: Member of the Presidium of the Council (re-appointed to the Presidium on September 16, 2008)
July 31, 2003—present: Member of the Governmental Commission for Administrative Reform. On May 21, 2004 and on August 25, 2008 re-approved as a Member of the Commission.
December 4, 2007—present: Member of the Government Commission for Assessing the Performance of Federal and Regional Executive Authorities. On June 12, 2008, re-approved as a Member of the Commission.
Member of the Governmental Commission for Open Government Coordination.
Chairman of the Public Councils at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, at the Federal Service for Labor and Employment of Russia, at the Federal Tax Service of Russia.
Member of the Scientific Council of RAS on the Problems of Russian and World Economic History.
Member of the Scientific Council on Problems of Integrated Development of Industrial Enterprises at the Department of Social Sciences of RAS.
Member of the State Supreme Qualifying Committee at the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
Co-Chairman of the Expert Council for Renewal of Strategy 2020 (together with Ya.I. Kuzminov).
August 25, 2008—present: Member of the Presidential Commission for the Executive Candidate Pool Formation and Preparation of the Russian Federation (terminated).
October 29, 2010—present: Member of the Presidential Commission for Civil Service Reforming and Development of the Russian Federation (terminated).
Awarded "For Merit to the Fatherland" Fourth Class Order on December 26, 2012.
"For Merit to the Fatherland" Fourth Class Order (July 28, 2012) — for merits in the elaboration of the state social and economic policy and many years of fruitful scientific work.
Order of Honor (March 8, 2009), for labor success and long-term fruitful work.
Medal In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow (1997).
Honored Economist of the Russian Federation (June 7, 2000), for Merits in the field of Economics and Finance.
Honorary Professor of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University — for a significant contribution to the development of the theory and practice of economic reforms, for long-term fruitful scientific and pedagogical activity, for high professionalism in all aspects of activity.
Author of more than 20 books and over 600 articles published in scientific magazines, journals, and newspapers in Russia, England, France, Germany and Italy, including:
Development of the Theory of Socialist Economy Conformity to the Plan (late 30s-early 60s): Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Eng.) Dissertation. Moscow, 1986.
In search of conformity to the plan: From the history of Soviet economic thought in the late 30s-early 60s. Moscow, 1990.
The regularities of the revolution, the experience of restructuring and our perspectives. Moscow, 1991 (co-author).
Restructuring as a revolution: past experience and attempts to forecast. Kommunist. 1992, No. 11 (co-author).
Reforms and dogmas. Moscow, 1993
Economy and power: interim results. Moscow, 1994
Economy and power. Political history of economic reform in Russia, 1985-1994. Moscow, 1995.
The political history of economic reform in Russia, 1985—1994. London: Centre for Research into Communist Economies, 1996.
Macroeconomic stabilization, trends and alternatives in the economic policy of Russia. Moscow, 1996.
Economics and law. Constitutional problems of economic reform in Russia. Moscow, 1998.
Economic reform: through the lens of the constitution and politics. Moscow, 1999.
Russian economic reforms as seen by an insider: success or failure? London: RIIA, 2000.
Intellectuals, history and the revolution // The New World, No. 5, 2000.
The great revolutions. From Cromwell to Putin. Moscow: Vagrius, 2001. (Co-authored with I.V. Starodubrovskaya).
The Challenge of Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2001. (Co-authored with I.V. Starodubrovskaya).
Constitutional economics for higher education institutions. Textbook. Moscow, 2002, 2003, 2010. (co-author).
Constitutional economics for schools. Moscow, 2003, 2006 (co-author).
Marxism: between scientific theory and ‘secular religion’ (liberal apology) // Economic Matters, No. 5-6, 2004 (co-authored with Ye.T. Gaidar).
Constitutional economics. Textbook for legal and economic higher education institutions. Moscow, 2006 (co-author).
Kaliningrad region: from the ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’ to ‘unsinkable assembly workshop.’ Moscow, 2002. (co-author).
From Crisis to Growth. (London, CRCE, 2005).
Reforms and Dogmas. The state and the economy in the age of reforms and revolutions (1861-1929). Moscow, 2013.
The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy, 2013. Written by a unique, distinguished team of Russian and western authors. Chapter 2 "Modernization and the Russian Economy: Three Hundred Years of Catching Up" Vladimir Mau and Tatiana Drobyshevskaya
Crises and lessons. Russia's economy in an age of turbulence. Moscow: Gaidar Institute Publishing House, 2016.
The book Reforms and Dogmas. The state and the economy in the age of reforms and revolutions (1860-1920) examines the history of the economy and economic policy of Russia and the USSR in the first third of the 20th century; it shows the integrity of this period, including the continuity of economic decisions by successive governments of Russia (Tsar, Interim, and Bolshevik governments). It analyzes how different governments searched for the measures to steer the country out of social and economic crisis and to expedite economic growth.
The book In search of conformity to the plan: economic discussion of 1930-1960s is dedicated to one of the most dramatic periods in the history of Soviet economic thought. It addresses the deep crisis that swept science in the context of administrative system formation and repression against prominent academic economists, and the first attempts to get out of this crisis related to the theoretical preparation of the economic reform of 1965 in the USSR. While analyzing the theory of the planned economy, the author reveals the inner logic of the development of science, the contradictions inherent in it, and quantum leaps, the relationship between political economy views and concepts of economic mechanism.
Economy and power: Political history of economic reform in Russia (1985-1994) considers the relationship and the impact of economic and political problems that arose during the period of perestroika and after the collapse of the Soviet system. It reveals the reasons for decisions made by the highest authorities of the USSR and Russia, as well as the root of the authorities’ illusions and delusions. The book was published in Delo Publishing House in 1994, and in 1996, it was released in the UK under the title The Political History of Economic Reform in Russia, 1985-1994 (L.: Centre for Research into Communist Economies).
Economic reform: through the lens of the constitution and politics represents one of the first forays into constitutional economics research with regard to modern Russia. The book explores constitutional (and even broader – legal) problems of Russian economic reforms, based on the experiences of developed and developing countries. Economic problems are considered through the lens of noneconomic factors, i.e. political, constitutional, and legal. The book was first published in the AdMarginem Publishing House in 1999.
The great revolutions. From Cromwell to Putin (Moscow: Vagrius, 2001. 2nd edition — 2004), also published by Oxford University Press under the title The Challenge of Revolution: Contemporary Russia in Historical Perspective (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). The book considers the events of 1985-2000 in Russia in the context of the great revolutions of the past — the English civil war, the French Revolution, and the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century. The authors show that the post-communist transformation in Russia can be better understood based on historical analysis. It is proved that Russia experienced a full-scale revolution in the late 20th century, which, in its main features, is remarkably similar to the great revolutions of the past. This concept not only explains the causes and consequences of many key events in the country since 1985, but makes it possible to understand the logic of further events in contemporary Russia.
Crises and lessons. Russia's economy in an age of turbulence (Moscow: Gaidar Institute Publishing House, 2016) is devoted to the study of crises in contemporary Russian history. The analysis was conducted in the context of last century’s large-scale crises. In the publication, special attention is paid to the problems of contemporary global crisis and its development in Russia. The book is intended for economists, historians, and all those interested in the realities of economic policy and economic history.
