Causes of the crisis of the socialist economy of the USSR in 1989–1991

This paper attempts to prove that the socialist economy was extremely effective as long as it was skillfully managed. Even along with a really occurred period of less effectiveness between 1975 and 1985, it did not yield growth rates of the developed countries. Gorbachev's reforms led to a di...

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Main Author: Igor' Il'ich Pichurin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch 2012-03-01
Series:Экономика региона
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Online Access:http://www.economyofregion.com/archive/2012/39/1419/pdf/