History A-Level
Economic reform and recentralisation
What Economic reform and recentralisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic reform and recentralisation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The New Economic System of 1963–68 introduced limited market mechanisms, profit incentives and decentralised decision-making, while the Economic System of Socialism from 1968 recentralised control and set ambitious targets.
Topics that use Economic reform and recentralisation
- The development of the East German state, 1961–85 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Basic Treaty
- COMECON and economic dependency
- Consumer goods and living standards
- Impact of the Berlin Wall on labour supply
- Ostpolitik
- Sport as propaganda
- State control of media
- Stasi
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