The prohibitionofsubsidies has paved the way forthe United States to exporthighlysubsidizedfoodthat undercuts the possibilityof survival by smallfarmers.
This includes the five-year plans, misallocation of resources, loss-making state enterprises, subsidized consumption, corruption and oil export dependence that doomed the Soviet experiment.
In addition, the Reagan Administration simultaneously -- and successfully -- acted to strengthen multilateral export controls on militarily-relevant technology and end subsidized official credits to Moscow.