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Concatenated JPRS Reports, 1990: Council of Ministers Official Urges Improved Economics Reporting

🏛 USSR SOVMIN Information Department 📄 JPRS Report
USSREconomicsAUCCTUMarket Reform1990

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TL;DR

This document details a 1990 Soviet government report regarding public and union concerns over the transition to a market-based economy. It highlights the potential negative impact on fixed-income citizens and the challenges of reporting on these economic shifts.

This document is a page from a 1990 JPRS report containing an article by Lev Tsvetkov, a Chief Specialist at the USSR SOVMIN Information Department. The article, titled 'On the Market--Not in the Bazaar Fashion', addresses the transition to market relations within the Soviet Union. Tsvetkov highlights a protest issued by the AUCCTU on 18 February regarding government plans to implement auction and commercial trade for consumer goods. The protest argued that such measures would make essential goods inaccessible to individuals with fixed incomes, such as students, pensioners, and large families, while favoring 'shadow' economy dealers. The author uses this event to reflect on the necessity of observing phenomena from a broader perspective, noting that the transition to a market economy is a 'newly-arrived phenomenon' that requires careful analysis beyond immediate facts.

Extremely hard-to-get goods will be accessible to mainly sharp dealers in the 'shadow' economy, but not to the ordinary laborer.

Official Assessment

The document discusses a protest by the AUCCTU regarding government plans for auction and commercial trade in consumer goods, citing concerns about accessibility for fixed-income citizens.

Key Persons

  • Lev TsvetkovUSSR SOVMIN Information Department Chief Specialist

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