Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply over-reach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable?
Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply over-reach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned charac...
