Question

27. Tell five ways that Soviet consumers suffered as a result of central planning.

Answer 1

Central planning was the political and economic model set up by the governing regime of the Soviet Union. It focused on the absolute control over the country's productive facilities and the strategic decisions regarding were to focus on production. As well as further developments in the industries. Soviets were affected by:

1. Bias from the people to study in certain professional careers, as they followed were the industry was developing.
2. There was a lack of development in industries that were not seen as a priority for the government.
3. Technological development of the country was harshly slowed down, as any attempt for improvement was heavily restricted by the government.
4. Some people have expropriated their territories as a result of the development of the industries defined as the priority by the government.
5. Overall grocery supply fell as the government focused on military improvements rather than food industries.