Why did the Kosygin reforms under Brezhnev fail?
a. They were resisted by the bureaucracy of the Soviet system.
b. They relied on increased corn production in the Virgin Lands Campaign.
c. US economic sanctions against Russian grain.
d. The reforms relied on decreased spending on arms that was negated with American moon landing.
e. The Politburo felt they were too radical and liberal.
Question 2
Nikita Khrushchev managed to outmanoeuvre Malenkov in a struggle for power by calling for
a. Peace, bread, and land.
b. alternative paths to Socialism.
c. increased defense spending and perpetuation of heavy industry.
d. economic hybridization under a policy of perestroika .
e. an alliance with Mao Zedong in promoting Communism to third world countries.
Many thought ideological politics was over in the United States, but 2012 showed strong ideological
Administrative Law Bureaucracy in a Democracy, 6E
The "Yes - Markets Self-Adjust" and "No - Markets Fail Often" camps agree