Struggle for Economic Reform by Ailin Sanchez https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq By Ailin Sanchez and Isabel Verdin 04/14/16 Period:6 en-us 2016-04-14 21:08:13 UTC 2017-05-17 05:16:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/sticky.jpg Steps toward Capitalism 352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105914080 Russians faced many hardships since the breakup of the soviet union. Russians tried to move quickly  toward a capitalist system]]> 2016-04-14 21:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105914080 Then Struggle  352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105921984 Russia has struggled to move from a command economy to a market economy.]]> 2016-04-14 23:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105921984 352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105922225 Russia's enormous size and widespread criminal activity have made economic reform difficult.]]> 2016-04-14 23:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105922225 Privatazation 352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105922343 This process began in 1992,which sells government owned businesses to private individuals,companies]]> 2016-04-14 23:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105922343 352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105922474 Public buy businesses with vouchers to be repaid with future profits 
  • Business failures,unpaid vouchers lead to 1998 economic crash 
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  • In spite of this,40% of Russians still far below poverty fine
  • Some wonder if things maybe been better under Soviets 
]]> 2016-04-15 00:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105923150 352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105923417 2016-04-15 00:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105923417 330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105934010 After the Soviet collapsed Russia had to embrace capitalism. 
They then remove price controls in 1992 then making the prices of goods increase 250%.]]> 2016-04-15 02:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105934010 Distance Decay  330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105937195 Distance Decay- the long distance between places makes it difficult for communication and transportation.
Russia has 11 spans of time zones and 89 regional governments. ]]> 2016-04-15 03:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105937195 330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105938501 Making Moscow one of the central government weak. 
They have been having a difficult time to get distant officials to enforce national reform programs. ]]> 2016-04-15 03:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105938501 Organized Crime  330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105939421 Criminal organizations such as "Russian mafia" grew rapidly in the 1900s. 
  • Then mafia creates their own economy, and then they expand outside Russia.  
  • They had control 40% over the private companies. 
  • And then they had 60% control over the state owned companies
]]> 2016-04-15 04:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105939421 330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105940291 Organized crime slow down economic reform by  rewarding illegal activity. 
Not making it possible for the government to tax such activity
  ]]> 2016-04-15 04:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105940291 Future Prospects  330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105941188 They are rising taxes. 
So custom revenues could lead to higher living standards. ]]> 2016-04-15 04:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/105941188 352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/106103402 2016-04-15 21:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/106103402 330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/106103874 2016-04-15 21:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/106103874 352436 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/106104052 2016-04-15 21:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/106104052 Links 330003 https://padlet.com/352436/gndmredc8gpq/wish/106104077
  • http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/DCrouse/files/chapter%2017%20section%202%20economic%20reform.pdf 
  • https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#q=struggle%20for%20economic%20reform%20in%20russia&safe=active&ssui=o
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