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The Soviet Union in Transition (The Question is Open to Discussion)

Ernest Raiklin (University of Northern Iowa, USA)

International Journal of Social Economics

ISSN: 0306-8293

Article publication date: 1 July 1988

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Abstract

The fate of a country like the Soviet Union concerns not only its leaders and its population. Whatever happens to the Soviet system, the directions which that nation follows will affect the whole world. Therefore, an understanding of the Soviet regime, its limitations and potentials, and the options available to that country, would give the rest of the world the intellectual weapon necessary to meet challenges presented by Soviet development. The stakes may be very high; if the full productive capacity of the Soviet Union were developed, the Japanese economic miracle and the serious problems it has created for the United States might fade into relative insignificance.

Citation

Raiklin, E. (1988), "The Soviet Union in Transition (The Question is Open to Discussion)", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 15 No. 7, pp. 5-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014110

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MCB UP Ltd

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