Beyond Soviet Reforms: Soviet ‘Reformation’ and the Spirit of Capitalism

Abstract

Since the reforms in the Soviet Union were launched by Mikhail Gorbachev, Western analysts have been busy scrutinising the almost daily flood of reports of meetings of the Central Committee, of the Government and the Soviet parliament. These meetings were invariably accompanied by discussions on proposed new laws which, it was hoped, would generate a new wave of enthusiasm within the population.KeywordsForeign TradeConsumer GoodEconomic ReformSoviet EconomyPeasant WorkThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.