First place Quote by Archie Brown

The accepted ideas of any period are singularly those that serve the dominant economic interest...What economists believe and teach, whether in the United States…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run…

— Barbara Amiel

“Deng’s judgment about the importance of strong economic growth was later validated by a series of studies of the collapse of the USSR conducted…

— Arthur R. Kroeber

In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This…

— Vladimir Putin

Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that a socialist command economy can function and even thrive.

— Paul Samuelson

It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy.

— Anatoly Chubais

“If political scientists couldn’t predict the downfall of the Soviet Union—perhaps the most important event in the latter half of the twentieth century—then what…

— Nate Silver

What did in the Soviet Union was the Soviet Union.

— Robert Dallek

Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and beliefs had been…

— Xi Jinping

Gorbachev was acutely aware of the [USSR] economic problems, and it was central to all he did. He wanted to change the system in…

— David Hoffman

What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Was the Soviet Union reformable? I would say no. They said, 'Okay, the Soviet Union isn't working.' They would say, 'No, it's great. We…

— Marine Le Pen