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This chapter focuses on Central Planning, to explain the reasons for the slowdown and ultimate implosion of the command economy system.
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Douarin, E., Mickiewicz, T. (2017). The Soviet System. In: Economics of Institutional Change. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-29128-7_2
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