Download or read book Resistance to Change in the Soviet Economic System (Routledge Revivals) written by Jan Winiecki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1991, this book uses a property rights perspective to analyse why there is such widespread resistance to change in the Soviet Economic System. Many within the ruling stratum benefit considerably from their positions, particularly in terms of access to goods and services. In an original conclusion Jan Winiecki argues that a cost-effective way of removing the resistance of the parasitic ruling stratum would be a system of compensatory payments.