Was Mikhail Gorbachev Responsible for the Collapse of the Soviet

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Essay

Was Mikhail Gorbachev responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union? If not, who or what was? Explain.

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Definitions:

Elasticity of Supply

A measure of how much the quantity supplied of a good responds to a change in the price of that good.

Income Elasticity

A measure of how much the demand for a product changes with a change in consumers' income.

Quantity Supplied

the amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a given price.

Elastic

Describes a situation where a change in one factor (such as price) leads to a relatively larger change in another factor (such as quantity demanded or supplied).