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Post by futurist on Nov 25, 2018 2:54:07 GMT
Was it ever plausible for an economic plan similar to the Marshall Plan to be developed for the former USSR after the end of the Cold War?
I was thinking of having the West pay for rebuilding the former USSR after the end of the Cold War similar to how the U.S. paid for rebuilding Western Europe after the end of WWII. Also, perhaps the West could make this aid dependent on certain conditions--such as reform and democratization in the former USSR.
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Post by steve59 on Nov 25, 2018 12:43:25 GMT
Was it ever plausible for an economic plan similar to the Marshall Plan to be developed for the former USSR after the end of the Cold War? I was thinking of having the West pay for rebuilding the former USSR after the end of the Cold War similar to how the U.S. paid for rebuilding Western Europe after the end of WWII. Also, perhaps the West could make this aid dependent on certain conditions--such as reform and democratization in the former USSR.
I suppose it should have been possibly, although the triumph of the Thatcher/Reagan stance of limited government involvement, [other than to support big business of course  ] would have made it more difficult. Possibly there is also the view of the Russian government. I know post 45 Marshall Aid was offered to the Soviets and their eastern European satellites but Stalin vetoed it.
Of course the other thing is there's a lot of difference between seeking to rebuild countries after a devastating world war and helping a recent adversary establish itself as a stable and successful nation, which could be a substantial rival. I know there was a lot of money spend on trying to help Russia and the other successor states in terms of maintaining their control of a lot of weapons, especially WMD and nuclear power plants and the like. Otherwise I think it was mostly commercial loans, which of course came at considerable costs.
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Post by orvillethird on Nov 30, 2018 2:10:25 GMT
A lot of the loans and advisers wound up siphoning a lot of capital away. There's a reason Zhuganov almost defeated Yeltsin... at least, before the US advisers backed him.
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] would have made it more difficult. Possibly there is also the view of the Russian government. I know post 45 Marshall Aid was offered to the Soviets and their eastern European satellites but Stalin vetoed it.
