Season 9 · Episode 24
Economic Update: Rise and Fall of the USSR
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
June 20, 201928m 59s
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Show Notes
In this episode of EU, Prof. Wolff tries to go beyond simplistic, sterile Cold War debates of demonizers vs celebrants of the USSR. USSR's strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures are examined from revolutionary beginnings in 1917 to its 1989 implosion.