Open AccessCharacteristics of shadow economy in stagnation era in USSR
Author(s) -
Ilia Valerievich Mametev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik astrahanskogo gosudarstvennogo tehničeskogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-1076
pISSN - 1812-9498
DOI - 10.24143/1812-9498-2020-1-65-70
Subject(s) - shadow (psychology) , soviet union , state (computer science) , communism , language change , political science , economy , population , economics , sociology , law , politics , psychology , art , demography , literature , algorithm , computer science , psychotherapist
The article focuses on the problems of shadow economy, such as the illegal activity, as well as a legal activity hidden from the state control, which became an integral part of the life of the Soviet Union in the period of stagnation. The development of the shadow sector was connected, first of all, with the inability of the command-administrative system to take into account the demands of the population for certain goods and services. There have been examined prerequisites for the emergence of the shadow economy and the stages of its development in the society that built communism in the 1960s–1980s. The shadow economy contributed to the growth of corruption and criminalization, initiated the racket in the 1990s and significantly affected the public consciousness of the Soviet citizens and, later, the mentality of modern Russian society