Causes and Consequences

If you follow in publications of the central press the course of the major postwar reforms, you can notice how the initial grand, optimistic statements that "now" everything would go differently were replaced by individual indignant comments to the effect that, in some sectors of the national economy, the tempo of transition to the new style was still insufficient. Next, the general tone changed to one of alarm, inasmuch as there were more and more such sectors. Several years passed, and the fate of the planned changes turned out to be in jeopardy. Articles then began to appear with such titles as "Basic Restructuring Is Required…," and the like. An economic crisis ripened, which led to the necessity for carrying out a new reform, and the symptoms started over again.