History A-Level
Economic decline and debt in the planned economy
What Economic decline and debt in the planned economy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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National debt to Western banks and governments grew in the 1980s as imports were financed by borrowing rather than export earnings, exposing the limits of the planned economy.
Topics that use Economic decline and debt in the planned economy
- Growing crises and the collapse of communist rule in the GDR (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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