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Russia's bitter taste of capitalism

Geoff Riley

4th April 2018

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The challenges of being a transition economy - moving from Soviet central planning to a system relying more on market forces - is revealed vividly in this short video from BBC Witness.

Russia's bitter taste of capitalism https://t.co/kXlnWc8omf
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 3, 2018

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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