The NEP represented a more market-oriented economic policy, deemed necessary after the Russian Civil War of 1918 to 1922, to foster the economy of the country, which was almost ruined. The complete nationalization of industry, established during the period of War Communism, was partially revoked and a system of mixed economy was introduced, which allowed private individuals to own small enterprises,[3] while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade, and large industries.
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It is worse than the bloody Chinese GFW - a single VPN account allows you to bypass the entire GFW, yet you need to signup/subscribe to millions of different pay-walled sites to even read them.
Quality reporting does in fact cost something to produce. The goal of HN is to surface the best news of interest to the tech community. There is a reason why WSJ, NY Times, and Washington Post are simultaneously high quality and paid sources of news.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economic_Policy
The NEP represented a more market-oriented economic policy, deemed necessary after the Russian Civil War of 1918 to 1922, to foster the economy of the country, which was almost ruined. The complete nationalization of industry, established during the period of War Communism, was partially revoked and a system of mixed economy was introduced, which allowed private individuals to own small enterprises,[3] while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade, and large industries.