Today in Social Sciences we talked about some of the problems of centrally planned economies. We mentioned how centrally planned economies do not meet the demands of consumers. We specifically mentioned the lack of consumer goods in these countries. This lack happens because resources that could be used for the production of consumer goods are diverted to the production of whatever the state decides is most important.
On this website you can take a look at photos from supermarkets in the U.S.S.R. You can observe many interesting things - the lines of people waiting to buy things, the empty shelves, the lack of brands on the products. It's very interesting.
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008/09/19/2054/
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008/09/19/2054/
1 comment:
I like the title of your post! Very original!
The Internet is a big library where we can find a lot of interesting things, like these real pictures of real socialism.
Have a good night!
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