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>Market reforms, on the other hand, inflicted immense amounts of suffering on the population, particularly segments of the population that were unable to work.
by gozur88 9y ago
>Market reforms, on the other hand, inflicted immense amounts of suffering on the population, particularly segments of the population that were unable to work.
That's like saying impact inflicts enormous amounts of suffering for people who are falling through the air. The market reforms were painful because there was no other option after the mess that communism made.
- thriftwy 9y agoWell, I think we could go without hyperinflation and voucher privatization. It would still be pretty bad, sure. Most of Soviet enterprises will go belly up either way. Even in the USA the rust belt suffered during that time. And Russia was basically one big rust belt.