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Okay, Mr. Prime Minister. But where's the program'?

Authors :
Klebnikov, Paul
Source :
Forbes; 10/16/1989, Vol. 144 Issue 8, p88-88, 1p
Publication Year :
1989

Abstract

Comments on Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov's interview with the journal "Forbes." Impression of confidently holding the country to its course; View that power in the Soviet Union is descending into a twilight zone; Reluctance to take the essential step of liberating prices; Information that the Soviet consumers have some 460 billion rubles in cash holdings; decisively. Suggestion that the Soviet government can borrow some $30 billion abroad, buying up Western consumer goods and resell them to the Soviet consumer at up to ten times the cost.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00156914
Volume :
144
Issue :
8
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Forbes
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
8910301006