MicroEconomics Case Study 1 Cold War Relationship Between US and USSR What would happen if the larger country decided to increase military production? Explain your answer using the concepts of economic efficiency and opportunity costs. The Production Possibilities Frontier is best described as a line demonstrating the maximum level of production of one good for every production level of some other good. It is a graphical device used to illustrate the concepts of scarcity & how it necessitates
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To what extent was it Stalin’s Leadership that explains why the USSR won in 1945? By 1941‚ Nazi Germany had swept much of Western Europe under its yoke. The Low Countries and France‚ Scandinavia‚ Poland and Czechoslovakia had all been conquered in rapid succession‚ and only Britain stood alone against the Nazi invaders‚ the Channel providing the final hurdle which Hitler could not surmount. Bereft then of enemies‚ Hitler turned East‚ against the Russian bear and the Slavs who for so long he had
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How did Lenin and Stalin transform the society and economy of the USSR? After the devastation of World War I‚ the Revolution‚ and Civil War‚ Russia was a total wreck. Factories were in ruins and half the working class gone‚ either dead or returned to the farms. Millions had died‚ mainly from the famine and disease accompanying war. Two million more‚ mostly nobles‚ middle class‚ and intellectuals‚ had emigrated to other countries. Lenin returned to Russia from exile in 1917 and it was up to him
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Explain why the NEP was unpopular with many Communists in the 1920s USSR. The New Economic Policy‚ known as the NEP was an economic system used in the USSR 1921-1928. The NEP was introduced after war communism. This was because war communism involved kulaks and other peasants being forced to give up their crops in order to support the army‚ this in turn made them quite upset and angry which made them destroy crops. This meant that the growth of crops and food was falling back to 1913 standards and
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subsequent time is a slower and more painful recovery. She is underinsured and the cost of a surgery would be beyond her means without some sort of write-off or assistance. However‚ her family makes too much to qualify for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Examine this case‚ using each of the following principles in turn as a possible guide to your actions: In consideration of the principle of utility to bring about the greatest good would be to provide the surgery needed to cure
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To what extent did Soviet culture perform a political role in the USSR in the years 1924-1953? By Seb Monson 12MW Soviet culture performed a political role in the USSR in the years 1924 to 1953 as it was seen by Stalin as an expression of society’s values and it needed to be shaped and directed in the same way that agriculture and industry had been to fit into the totalitarian state. However between 1924-1929 culture was fairly uncontrolled because of the relaxed policies of the New Economic Policy
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Explain why the NEP was unpopular with many communists in the 1920’s USSR. The NEP‚ abbreviation for the ‘New Economic Policy’‚ was a number of policies deployed by Vladimir Lenin to improve the conditions of post war USSR. The NEP replaced the system of War Communism which was used between 1918 and 1921. The main motive for the War Communism policy was to support and supply the Red Army with food and weapons during the Russian Civil War. However‚ after the war the country was in turmoil and the
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To what extent did the development of the Cold War influence Stalin’s policies inside the USSR? Up until 1945 the tensions between the USSR and the USA had been covered by the fact that both sides were trying to fight against Hitler and therefore relations up until the war had been relaxed. However this changed after 1945 the victory against Germany brought them international superpower status giving them more control and influence over many countries especially in Eastern Europe. As a result Stalin
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Why did Stalin rather than Trotsky emerge as leader of the USSR in 1929? A power struggle for control of the Bolshevik party began after Lenin’s death in 1924. Among the contenders for the role‚ two of the most powerful names in this struggle were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Ultimately‚ Stalin was able to secure power and vote out Trotsky by being politically skilful and cunning however most importantly he was lucky. First of all‚ Stalin was lucky. Trotsky remained ill for most of the power
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A) Explain why the invasion of the USSR changed the lives of those living in Germany around 1941-42. (12 Marks) The invasion of the USSR in the summer months was that of great confidence and assertiveness that they were on the ‘front foot’ from the German people. During these summer months‚ the Russians had been pushed back by the Germans to what many thought of as the core of the USSR; Russia. Obviously when the Germans had advanced 20 miles short of the central of the most powerful enemy they’ve
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