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English Summaries of Major Articles: Countries of Asia: State Policy Towards Small Business
AI-Generated Summary
This document summarizes an article by V.N. Ulyakhin regarding the application of Asian economic models for small business development within the Soviet Union. It highlights the tension between Soviet state-property dogma and the need for a more flexible, multi-sector economy.
This document is a page from a 1990 JPRS report containing English summaries of major articles. The specific article summarized is titled 'Countries of Asia: State Policy Towards Small Business' by V.N. Ulyakhin. The text outlines how developing countries in Asia have successfully fostered small-scale enterprises by creating a compromise between labor-intensive and capital-intensive production, supported by state intervention in areas like resource allocation, investment, and taxation. The author argues that this experience is highly relevant to the Soviet Union. The summary notes that while the USSR has passed laws acknowledging the multi-sector nature of its economy, the state sector remains dominant. The author contends that the growth of cooperative and self-employed sectors is currently stifled by a 'deep-rooted dogma' that views state property as the ultimate ideal, preventing the development of small-scale production capabilities that are common in Asian nations.
But this way is still firmly blocked by a deep-rooted dogma in our consciousness that proclaimed the state property to be a priori the height of perfection.
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Official Assessment
The document discusses how Asian countries utilize state policy to influence small business development, balancing labor, capital, and science-intensive production. It suggests that the Soviet Union could learn from these experiences to improve its own economic structure, noting that current Soviet dogma regarding state property hinders the growth of cooperative and self-employed sectors.
Key Persons
- V.N. ULYAKHINAuthor of the article