The Transition to Capitalism and Market Economies in Eastern Europe

question 33

True/False

The transition to capitalism and market economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union resulted in growing economic inequalities and the appearance of new categories of poverty such as the ultra-poor.

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