On the Eve of the Collapse of the Soviet Union

question 35

Multiple Choice

On the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Soviet economists estimated that per capita consumption in the Soviet Union was as low as one _______ of the U.S. level.

• A) sixth
• B) tenth
• C) fifteenth
• D) twentieth

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