> Of course, the thing is, efficiency at doing WHAT?
For starters, housing? How come during the 7 decades of Soviet planning there was never enough domiciles so that millions of newlyweds did not have to live with the in-laws in a crowded apt.?
Ah but be just a BIG LIE say, of Eberstadt at AEI, I guess.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/ebsum97a.html
> ...Economic differentiation has increased since the Soviet period.
> However, comparisons with theSoviet era are precarious because top
> officials received food and other amenities for little or no cost
> thatwere not available to the general population...
As a result, private gardening, which had beenthriving during the Soviet
period, expanded as employees were given additional plots of land to grow
food. This effort is confined to raising vegetables and livestock--milk
cows, pigs, and poultry...
But, didn't collectized agriculture produce such an abundance of agricultural goods that...oh never mind! What's this about massive grain sales by US agribiz to the fSU?
> ...The problem with health care in the former Soviet Union and now in
> Ukrainewas and is quality rather than quantity. Antiquated equipment, low
> quality pharmaceuticals, and a rigid bureaucratic system produced health
> care that was inferior to that of the developed West. (Data on healthcare
> are from Ministerstvo statystyky Ukrayiny, Ukrayina u tsyfrakh, 1995.
> Kyiv, 1996, pp. 67, 130.)
-- Michael Pugliese