>From: Michael Pugliese <debsian at pacbell.net>
>
>>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.?
--- Because it was a period of massive urbanization with people crowding into the cities. When Engliand urbanized, people lived in workhouses and on the streets.
So, yes, it was highly efficient.
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