Word: midlevel
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...major problem with the reforms, Western economists believe, is that they were never put fully into effect. Despite Kosygin's enthusiasm, the reforms were effectively sabotaged at midlevel, notably by the Ministry of Finance. Beyond that were problems at the local level. Factory managers who developed the capacity to overfulfill their production quotas, for example, frequently had trouble finding enough raw materials to do so. The reason: allocation of most industrial supplies remained under central control. Capital projects were stalled midway by the same kind of shortages, leaving the landscape cluttered with half-completed factory annexes and office buildings...