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Analysis of Fall of USSR

Analysis of Fall of USSR

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reidbump posted on Mon, Dec 8 2008 3:39 PM

Can somebody point me to an economic analysis of why the Soviet Union fell?  Thanks.

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hayekianxyz replied on Mon, Dec 8 2008 3:44 PM

I can point you to what that explained it over 50 years before the USSR collapsed?

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reidbump replied on Mon, Dec 8 2008 4:07 PM

I'm aware of the pre-fall predictions by Mises, et al.  I was hoping there was a post-fall analysis.  Thanks anyway.

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