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Why was the Soviet economy in crisis in the mid-1980’s when Gorbachev became the Soviet leader

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faulty decisions by Gorbachev and his administration have been a major cause of the magnitude of the Soviet Union's economic crisis. This is partly because Gorbachev responded inadequately to some of the Soviet economic problems.

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