USSR in Crisis

In virtually all sectors of the economy evidence of stagnation waste and mismanagement proliferates. The convergence of these problems is no historical accident. As Marshall Goldman. a leading analyst of the Soviet economy demonstrates the Russians continue to adhere to a planning model set forth by Stalin in the 1920s. The chances of a turnaround therefore hinge on reform of the systemreform that the Soviet leaders fear might trigger unpredictable and uncontrollable forces that have been pent up for sixty-five years.