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Chris Miller, “The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy” (UNC Press, 2016)
Chris Miller, “The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy” (UNC Press, 2016)
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Dec 29, 2016
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Podcast episode
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One of the most interesting questions of modern history is this: Why is it that Communist China was able to make a successful transition to economic modernity (and with it prosperity) while the Communist Soviet Union was not? In his excellent book The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail...
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Released:
Dec 29, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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