1. The Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Upon putting it into practice, the Soviet government stated that: "it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the government had no way to take remedial action,"6 and by the time of Gorbachev, it was too late. Few seemed to care when the government collapsed. ... "7 By introducing Perestroika (the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Gorbachev during the mid-1980s), and Glasnost (a Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and information)8, Gorbac...
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