"Back in the USSR"
IntroductionThe command economy of the former Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s, leaving its people without basic necessities and without a unified economic system. Academic economists were asked to quickly step in and create a market economy. Yegor Gaidar is an economist who played a leading role in the transformation of the Russian economy after the fall of communism. In this lesson, Mr. Gaidar will explain the impact that the economic collapse had on the former Soviet people and the challenges of transforming a command economy to a market economy.
Destination Title: The Causes and Consequences of the Collapse of the Soviet Union
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