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Page 140
... consumer and defense needs above economic investment . But the policy was never rigorously adhered to , and actual growth of investment hovered about 1 per- cent a year above the planned level through the early 1980s . Although Yuri ...
... consumer and defense needs above economic investment . But the policy was never rigorously adhered to , and actual growth of investment hovered about 1 per- cent a year above the planned level through the early 1980s . Although Yuri ...
Page 143
... consumer satisfaction , grounded in large part , like An- dropov's before him , in the realization that disgruntled consumers make unmotivated workers . The resource squeeze will still make it difficult to pay out of the central purse ...
... consumer satisfaction , grounded in large part , like An- dropov's before him , in the realization that disgruntled consumers make unmotivated workers . The resource squeeze will still make it difficult to pay out of the central purse ...
Page 153
... consumer products and most construction materials , but the prices of other scarce goods were lowered later that year . Under Chernenko , the regime signaled a greater willingness to use price inducements by introducing sea- sonal sales ...
... consumer products and most construction materials , but the prices of other scarce goods were lowered later that year . Under Chernenko , the regime signaled a greater willingness to use price inducements by introducing sea- sonal sales ...
Contents
Brezhnevs Ambiguous Legacy | 6 |
What Ails the Soviet System? | 32 |
Succession and the Changing Soviet Elite | 68 |
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