A comparison of Soviet and American retail prices in 1950
By: Norman M. Kaplan and Eleanor S. Wainstein. 1 May 1956
Series: Research memorandum / Rand Corporation -- RM-1692; Research memorandum (Rand Corporation) -- RM-1692
Publisher: Rand Corp.
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Prices
Description: A summary of previous work on the retail prices of food and manufactured goods, respectively. It is shown that in 1950 the retail purchasing power of the ruble was on the order of 5 or 6 cents, andsthat the real wage rate in the Soviet Union was 12 to 16 per cent of the real wage rate in the United States.
Notes: At head of title: U.S. Air Force, Project Rand.

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