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- Title
SNABDEVANJE I STANDARD U FNRJ 1945-1955.
- Authors
Dobrivojević, Ivana
- Abstract
After the end of the Second World War the Party took a shortcut approach to the industrialization of society. Uncritically copying the Soviet economic model, the Yugoslav Party leaders opted for building of facilities of heavy industry which were financed by the overflow of capital from agriculture. The war destruction, big investments which the weak Yugoslav economy could not handle, the neglect of agriculture and light industry, but also the bigger expenditures for the army from 1949, represented some of the main reasons for the post-war shortage and poverty. Even though newspapers were filled with articles about the Yugoslav economical wonder, dizzy rise of production and life standard, the reality was different. The abandoning of all economical parameters and the transition to the planned distribution of commodities, along with the constant fall of agricultural produce, marginalized and nullified the role of money, created big shortages, but also the inequality in the provisioning of certain towns and regions. Moreover, the distribution according to a pre-defined key, disregarding the specific customs in food and consumption which characterised certain regions of Serbia and Yugolsavia, brought to the situations in which the stores and warehouses were filled with goods which no one wanted to buy. In front of halfempty shops there were long queues, and the products, when eventually obtained, were of poor quality. Even though the salaries were nominally increased, the costs of life, especially from 1953 rose constantly so that those who were employed could hardly feed themselves from their income. Therefore, in the mid 50-ies amongst the workers, especially amongst the experts who lived much worse than during the pre-war period, an open dissatisfaction arose which was followed by attempts of exile to West, above all to Italy and Austria.
- Subjects
YUGOSLAVIA; YUGOSLAVIAN economy, 1945-1992; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLITICAL party personnel; FEDERAL government; POVERTY; WORLD War II
- Publication
Historical Searches / Historijska Traganja, 2012, Vol 9, p65
- ISSN
1840-3875
- Publication type
Article