I don't think we needed the economic history of the 70's and 80's to no this. There are couple of funny true story about the Soviet Union. In one a Soviet Econ

I don't think we needed the economic history of the 70's and 80's to no this. There are couple of funny true story about the Soviet Union. In one a Soviet Economics Professor went to the US in the early 90s. He lived with a US professor, he had the plan to bake some sort of local bread and they went to the shop to buy flower (and other things), but it was a particular kind of flower. Somehow the show this note have this on the shelves so the US prof went to a clerk and ask him if they had some of that flower in the back. The clerk went off, and came back with the flower. Seeing this the Soviet prof remarked that he was very impressed how highly economics professors were valued in the US.