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Gorbachev's Reforms

This allowed for organized crime to run ramped throughout the Soviet Union. Gorbachev's reforms seemed to be an answer to the failing economy and social programs of the Soviet Union, but ended up only making the countries economy and social conditions worse.
             Gorbachev's plan was to make minor adjustments to the economy in hopes of triggering the economy. These implementations were his attempts to discipline the work force with slogans calling for "intensification and acceleration." Slogans were nothing new in the USSR with huge posters carrying slogans everywhere, and had been so for years. He believed that his people just needed to be pushed a little and if they just worked a bit harder then the economy would slowly change. This was clearly not the case and the economy would gradually slip even further. Other small adjustments he attempted to make were to curb the production and sale of alcohol. While alcoholism was a major problem in the USSR he inadvertently forced production underground. Like America during prohibition, the Mafia took control and has plagued Russia ever since. This would prove to be a major down fall later. Other measures introduced under perestroika were leasing land to farmers (all land was owned by the state), allowing loss making factories to go bankrupt and limited numbers of private enterprises to open. This sounded promising but evidently would only put thousands out of jobs and force bankruptcy to many factories with very few replacing them. Another reform introduced by Gorbachev was the individual-labour law, which allowed private enterprise cooperatives. It permitted citizens to sell goods or services at whatever price the market would bear. Again sounding very promising to the future of the Soviet Union, but because very few people had the capital to start a business, and banks being reluctant in giving out loans due to the high bankruptcy rate it was hard for this reform to get off the ground.


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