Excerpt from Soviet Economy in the 1980s, Vol. 2: Problems and Prospects; Selected Papers Submitted to the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States To the Members of the Joint Economic Committee: I am transmitting for the use of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress, and the interested public the second part of a compilation of papers assessing the economy of the Soviet Union. This compilation, "Soviet Economy in the 1980's: Problems and Prospects, Part 2," contains papers analyzing Soviet agriculture, demographic trends, human resources, and foreign trade. As in the case of Part 1, the companion volume, we are grateful to John P. Hardt, of the Congressional Research Service, for helping to plan, coordinate, and edit this compilation. We also appreciate the services of Daniel L. Bond, Paul K. Cook, Douglas B. Diamond, Murray Feshbach, Richard F. Kaufman, David M. Schoonover, and Lawrence H. Theriot, who formed the Advisory Committee. Dr. Hardt was assisted by Donna Gold of the CRS staff. The project was supervised for the Joint Economic Committee by Richard F. Kaufman. The views contained in this study are not necessarily those of the Joint Economic Committee or of its individual members. Congress of the United States, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Chairman: Transmitted herewith is a volume of studies on the Soviet economy entitled "Soviet Economy in the 1980's Problems and Prospects, Part 2." The studies were written by specialists who were invited to contribute and who are all experts on the economy of the Soviet Union. The authors come from universities, research organizations, and agencies of the Federal Government. The views expressed in the papers are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of their organizations or of the members of the Joint Economic Committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.