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...interview yesterday, Baker Professor of Economics Emeritus Abram Bergson characterized Gorbachev's call for reform as potentially "revolutionary," although the professor said that this move was just the latest in a series of profound political and economic changes in the Soviet Union...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Political Reforms Needed For Gorbachev's Survival | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

...Bergson cited the implementation of many political reforms--particulary the new secret ballot elections to the Supreme Soviet--as already having "tended to create a dispersal of power away from the Communist Party...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Political Reforms Needed For Gorbachev's Survival | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

Baird Professor of History Richard E. Pipes concurred with Bergson's assessment, saying that Monday's developments herald the end of the Soviet Union as a one-party state...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Political Reforms Needed For Gorbachev's Survival | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

Pipes and Bergson both said that Gorbachev's move for reform was motivated by his desire to stay in power...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Political Reforms Needed For Gorbachev's Survival | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

...Gorbachev has not been able to stage many gains in the economic sphere, and in some ways a reversal of living conditions has taken place," Bergson said. "He apparently hopes his bold political move will distract his opponents from the serious economic difficulties the country is facing...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Political Reforms Needed For Gorbachev's Survival | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

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