Changing the economic mechanism in the Soviet Union

Abstract

Two views of trade prospects with the Soviet Union are offered in this article and a companion study by Messers Coplin and O'Leary, Prof. Naylor is guardedly optimistic, while his brother Soviet watchers are guardedly pessimistic. Moscow has wooed Naylor with private meetings, and he has firsthand experience with this new willingness on the part of the Soviets to be forthright about discussing the problems and future of their system. Coplin and O'Leary are professional power analysts who see Gorbachev's stage as a cramped place with little or no room for fancy fandangos with U.S. business. But both the optimists and pessimists are intrigued by the sparks of change they see flying in the Russian wind.

Citation

Naylor, T.H. (1986), "Changing the economic mechanism in the Soviet Union", Planning Review, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 30-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054133