Competition that did not live up to expectations

UDC 94(47+57)”19″ BBK 63.3(2)6

Sverlik G. I.

This article examines the Soviet government attempts to turn the competitive nature of workers and peasants into a tool to increase their working capacities. The decreasing competitive effectiveness of the socialist system and its subsequent replacement with the capitalist free-market system is noted as an inevitable process.

Key words: competition, military communism, working discipline, stimulation,
enthusiasm

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