Soviet plied because workforce in setting production levels with high bonuses for significant inpractices have achieved some notable results, but they should, in no way, be confusfundamental decisions are still taken The - and they appear to be onapplicable to smaller enterprises with less dependence on other fac- 'second' Secondly, there is much talk in press about reform of economic mechanism so as to prove the quality of goods produ perhaps through some decentral tion of decision making Howe the reform introduced in 1965, w it partially halted stagnation, was only slowly unere of conflicting inter between the bureaucracy in the c planning agency bureaucracy at the level of the f In 1979 a decree opted for a m traditional approach of increased c tralisation strengthened ministrative control over producti latest murmurings indicate possible legalisation of certain of private enterprise operations of which blossomed in recent years to pro scarce commodities and services s It is a sad commentary on bureaucracy's inability to develop more than years after the revolution, that inst of a gradual elimination of the n nants of capitalism it can only se Its own interests Dy a rentorcemen those elements. Impasse While the USSR's main trad creased dramatically within the ten years and, along with it, Soviet debtedness Western banks. seems if the mineral wealth of Sibe be further exploited technology will have to be impor leading to greater and grea burden on the economy. The ot great drain on the economy is military spending wh represents absolute loss The bureaucracy is, therefore. an impasse. It cannot allow the wo ing class to play a significant role planning nor can it allow too grea of private enterprise wh would threaten the nationalised F perty relations and its own privile At the moment reemergence of the Soviet work class as a political force appears a lo way off, but the continued incapas of the bureaucracy to deliver goods may yet lead to a much grea than brought birth of Solidarnose in Poland.
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