Barriers to De-Socialization in the USSR
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Yuri N. Maltsev of the International Center for Development Policy and a former Gorbachev reform team advisor, describes the miserable standard of living in the Soviet Union and explains how the economy could be fully privatized. But, his short-term outlook is extremely pessimistic. Presented by the Mises Institute at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, DC, on 23 April 1990.