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Lessons from the End of the Soviet Union
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1:09:15 - 1:10:59 (01:44)

The reason behind the implementation of Prerestrika in USSR was due to a poor work ethic, low productivity, and low-quality goods. The author questions if the current successors of Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush have done as good a job as Reagan did in the tail end of communism, where central planning and economic principles were imposed.

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