Conceding the weaknesses of their past approaches in solving new problems, the leaders of the late 1980s, headed by Mikhail Gorbachev, were seeking to mold a program of economic reform to galvanise the economy.
Coñecendo as debilidades dos seus enfoques pasados para resolver novos problemas, os líderes do final da década do oitenta procuraron moldear un programa de reforma económica para galvanizar a economía.