The Soviet Union as a Great Power: The Need for Reform

Thomas G. Brown

The American Economist, 1992, vol. 36, issue 1, 77-84

Abstract: The reforms of perestroika took the western world by surprise. However, the application of economic analysis to the last half century of Soviet history reveals a country in economic decline. Additionally, while the country contracted economically, the Soviet political sector insisted upon increased military expenditures to preserve the nation as a great power. I propose that this combination was impossible to sustain in the long-run, and that perestroika is evidence that some members of the Soviet government have recognized this fact. I then examine the prospects of perestroika , in present form, curing the Soviet Union's economic and military woes.

Date: 1992
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