The
Economy
uGorbachev never did
achieve a deep-cutting reform of the Soviet economy.
uHis main
accomplishment was to legalize individual entrepreneurship and
small cooperative businesses.
uWithout actually
reforming the planned economy, Gorbachev’s government actually
provoked a further slowdown in growth.
uShortages of consumer
goods mushroomed and protest strikes by miners and other
workers erupted.
