How then did those lazy commies manage to make the Soviet Union grow as fast as it did?
"Devine, James" wrote: > > Oh yeah. But there is little question as far as I know that > > the Russian peasantry worked in a cycle of frenzied activity > > alternating with relative lethargy. Actually there has been a > > lot of speculation that this is the reason for Russian > > culture's non-existent work ethic ... > > don't a lot of people blame the lack of incentives to work during the old Soviet > times? (as in "we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us"?) > Jim Devine -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901
