Not long ago . . . I met a woman named Larissa Pavlova. She was a teacher who now sold old clothes evenings and weekends to supplement her family’s income. Countless thousands of Muscovites work second and third jobs to get by. . . . [In the words of Pavlova,] “Freedom is sweet, but it’s also a heavy, heavy load.” —David Remnick, “Moscow: The New Revolution,” National Geographic, April 1997 Explain why Russia’s change to a market economy left so many Muscovites unable to survive with one job.
