Higher School of Economics is not only a prestigious university, but also an intellectual center of Russian liberal reforms Egor Gaidar opened the highest school of the economy. The decision to create this state university was the last that his government adopted ten years ago - November 27, 1992. In the early years, few knew about the "tower". In the early 90s, hundreds of new universities opened both private, state, and HSEs among them did not distinguish.