EAST EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN

In: Problems of communism, Band 31, Heft 4, S. 1-19

Abstract

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1980'S, EAST EUROPEAN ECONOMIES ARE AT A CROSSROADS. THE PRESSURES THAT BLEW THE LID OFF POLAND WILL INCREASINGLY BUILD BENEATH THE POLITICAL LEADERS AND CENTRAL PLANNERS OF OTHER EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, FORCING THEM TO TAKE HARD DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR ECONOMIC SYSTEMS. UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ALLOWS SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT RESPONSES THE EAST EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP MAY MAKE.