Comparisons of the United States and Soviet Economies: Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Eighty-sixth Congress, 1st Session, Pursuant to Sec. 5 (a) of Public Law 304, 79th Congress...

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Página 209 - It will not be enough to meet the problem grudgingly or with a little more money. The nation's need for good education is immediate; and good education is expensive. That is a fact which the American people have never been quite prepared to face.
Página 69 - The process is roughly one wherein general instructions flow down the planning hierarchy followed by a counterflow of fill-in information and suggestions from the bottom. This is followed by coordination at the top and the issuance of a fairly detailed plan. In the final stage the plan flows down again and is put into the thorough detail necessary for operational purposes. The formal chronology which I have set out below is a generalized view of the process. In reality, the stages are not always...
Página 11 - If the Soviet industrial growth rate persists at 8 or 9 percent per annum over the next decade, as is forecast, the gap between our two economies by 1970 will be dangerously narrowed unless our own industrial growth rate is substantially increased from the present pace.
Página 110 - ... until new Soviet factories could be built with the help of American engineering skill. However, expansion of agricultural production in the Soviet Union has been firmly bound up with another and, as it often proved, conflicting objective; namely, an all-embracing state control of agriculture. That led to the forced collectivization in the 1930's of small peasant farming, the horrors of which are only too well known.
Página 10 - after the completion of the 7-year plan, we will probably need about 5 more years to catch up with and outstrip the United States in industrial output." "Thus," he added, "by that time [1970], or perhaps even sooner, the Soviet Union will advance to first place in the world both in absolute volume of production and in per capita production.
Página 207 - Turning for a moment to teachers and teachers' salaries : I am not happy to report that the Soviet society seems to treat its teachers better, financially and prestigewise, than we do. In his statement before the National Press Club, the US Commissioner of Education noted about his mission's trip to the Soviet Union : * * * We saw no evidence of any teacher shortage. Teacher workloads anil other working conditions are advantageous. Teacher prestige is high ; only the best are chosen to teach —...
Página 213 - Government, business, and labor do to support a rate of growth adequate to meet the urgent requirements in defense and nondefense, domestic and international? 2. What defense posture is needed to convince the Soviets that every aggressive move at the center, or the periphery, will be met by force ? 3. What foreign programs are best suited to support effectively economic development in underdeveloped countries in a manner which convinces these countries that they will remain masters of their own destinies?...
Página 137 - ... approaching our level of living by the Soviets. By the latter half of the sixties, the normal yearly influx of new, young workers into the Soviet labor force should be resumed. Presumably at least a proportionate share of this manpower would be available for the light and food processing industries. If there should be any shift in the pattern of investment favoring light and food processing industries after 1965, the growth in the labor force employed in these sectors might even be greater than...
Página 183 - The value received was sometimes disappointing to the uncommitted countries, and the lesson has been learned by some that cash is better than bilateral trade whenever it can be obtained. But a continuation or recurrence of surpluses will give the bloc similar opportunities whenever non-Communist markets cannot, or are unwilling, to absorb all output. Hence the bloc's opportunities to capitalize on other countries' embarrassments will be a function of the West's neglect in looking after the health...
Página 70 - ... advance fondy." In order to allow an enterprise to operate during the first quarter in the absence of a supply plan, it was allotted "advance fondy" usually in the amount of 23 to 25 percent of its previous year's total allotment. Lack of coordination There is often a lack of coordination between the supply plan of an enterprise and its output and financial plans.

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