The effect was more pronounced in countries with larger Communist Parties. Capitalism did not reduce working hours on its own.
Saw this on twitter.
Link to the book pdf: Reforming to Survive: The Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies
The effect was more pronounced in countries with larger Communist Parties. Capitalism did not reduce working hours on its own.
Saw this on twitter.
Link to the book pdf: Reforming to Survive: The Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies
I will add that under Stalin, pension and free healthcare were maintained throughout the entire Great Patriotic War from 1941-45, when 27+ million Soviet lives would perish. The economy fully recovered to its pre-war condition within 5 years without austerity.
The working conditions in the USSR have always been at the leading edge of the world and comparable to the wealthier post-war Western European countries, until the demise of the USSR in the 1990s.
This line needs to go into the Hall of Fame, next to “The Maoist uprising against the landlords…”