try of collapse. By forcing the peasants to give up their food, and by allowing mal-trained workers to run the factories, land cultivation dropped 29% and production rates also fell. With such direct state control over the economy, the people of the country began to retaliate by producing fewer crops and working half as hard in the factories. Because of extensive government involvement in the planning regulating of Russia's economy, the country suffered from a low production of goods and also from a food shortage.After Lenin's rein in the USSR, another leader took an active role in the planning and regulating of the country's economy. It was Staling/s goal to increase production within his nation, but he planned to do so with complete control over every aspect of the people and the economy. For instance, Stalin converted the once privately owned farms into state farms with the plan to produce more food. He forced the peasants to give their food to the government, which they in turn sold to other countries and gave to the factory workers. He also imprisoned and killed citizens that refused to follow hie orders, or demonstrated a lack of faith in the communist government. By creating unrealistic goals for the country's economy, and by ruling the people with strict force and regulation, the USSR's government forced its citizens to work extremely hard for very little pay. While the nation's productivity did increase, it did so though the expense of the people. Living conditions were horrible at this point, and consumers had no influence or input on the economic planning of their economy. It was through this complete government control over the economy in the USSR that citizens were stripped of their independence and individual profits, and though the nation's productivity did increase, there was a lack of freedom for people in a world of poor living conditions.Although limited government involvement in an economy can result for positive out...
