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In college I remember a professor saying something similar caused problems during the Great Leap Forward. The local cadres were overestimating their production
by povertyworld 8y ago
In college I remember a professor saying something similar caused problems during the Great Leap Forward. The local cadres were overestimating their production numbers so the central government exported rice to Albania or other allies thinking they had a surplus when in fact there was a shortage. I'm sure that wasn't the only reason there were problems at the time, but it didn't help.
- jlawson 8y agoIf by "caused problems" you mean "killed millions by starvation", then yes. They had a habit of killing local technocrats who didn't report strong numbers, though, so I can understand why someone would say their starving town had a grain surplus. And of course the guy doing the killing is under a similar threat, all the way to the top.