cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/113008342518705813
Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn’t the government build up reserves and stockpiles?
cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/113008342518705813
Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn’t the government build up reserves and stockpiles?
What are you talking about? There was one famine, and it happened near the beginning of the Soviet Union’s history, after a civil war. And this was a country where for centuries under tsarist rule famines had been a common occurrence. What the Soviet Union did was end famines.
This sounds like neoliberal Road to Serfdom nonsense. Inefficient compared to what, the invisible hand?
Again, what are you talking about? Inequality in Russia has risen since the fall of the Soviet Union. Have you forgotten about shock therapy already?