RUSSIAN REFORM AND THE INTERESTS OF POWERFUL SOCIAL-GROUPS

Conceptual problems of reform are examined and certain results of the course of economic reform are summed up. An analysis is made of government measures aimed at establishing a market-type economy from the viewpoint of the interests of various power structures and influential social groups. Proposals are advanced for correcting government policy in the budgetary, finance and credit, taxation, and other areas, and also regarding the establishment of market conditions for the functioning of primary units.