Now that the problems of making the transition to a market economy are being widely discussed, one of them seems to remain, so to speak, in the shadows. The point is that the market presupposes not only the creation of organizational structures and managerial mechanisms but also a change in...

There are those who believe that the transition to a market economy must be made in such a way and at such a tempo as will preclude the appearance of even a minuscule number of the unemployed. On the other hand, the idea that a rapid transition to a market will inevitably lead to a very high...

Such was the theme of the latest poll conducted by the All-Union Center for the Study of Public Opinion in eleven regions in four of the country's union republics: the RSFSR, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Kirghizia. A combined total of 1,440 urban and rural dwellers 16 years of age or older took...