Re: Oldest SF not necessarily most dated?

John Schilling schrieb:
> I think there's a partial misunderstanding here.  I don't think anyone,
> from the early '80s on at least, was terribly surprised to see the
Soviet
> economy collapse.  Commmunism's early luster faded pretty fast, and once
> e.g. the Russians had to come begging for American grain, it was pretty
> clear which economic system wasn't working.
> 
> What surprised most everyone, including myself, is that the Soviet
economy
> collapsed *peacefully*.

To me, the surprise is rather that it managed to hold out that long. 
(OK, but then, I was born in 1981, so ...) I recall a long and pointed 
article from 1963 (IIRC) detailing how the Soviet economy worked in 
spite of central planning rather than because of it. Hard to believe 
they muddled along for nearly 30 more years.

mawa
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