askhistorians

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Soviet Union is known to have suffered from shortage of consumer goods which was blamed on Soviet style planning. Did Socialist Yugoslavia which used market mechanisms for resource allocation suffer from similar problems?	9
According to the Financial Times, Israel has one of the largest tech sector (IT, Telecommunications etc) as a percentage of GDP. What are the reasons for its high degree of development and Israel becoming the "Startup Nation"?	9
What do historians here think of the BBC video "The Myth of Spanish Inquisition"? Was the Inquisition, as popularly thought of, really a myth?	9
How were Indian students studying in elite Colleges and Universities of Britain treated by their native counterparts in the 19th century?	9
How good was the pay for professors in fields like Mathematics or Physics in Institutions like Oxford in the 19th century?	9
To what extent was Soviet planners influenced by Taylorism and scientific management? Was it viewed as compatible with Socialism?	9
How did pension systems work in the Soviet Union and the other Socialist states? Was it based upon savings (defined Contributions) or State fiat (defined benefits)?	9
How did Wall Street and Corporate America (especially prominent businessmen like Ford) react to the passage of Glass-Steagall act in 1933? Did they support or oppose it?	9
The Baath parties in Iraq and Syria claimed to be socialist parties. How progressive were the policies of their government towards woman, minorities and working class etc? Did they achieve improvements in the social position of these groups?	9
When did the topic of civilian gun ownership and the Second Amendment become a partisan issue and topic of intense culture war conflict in the US? Was this a relatively recent development or did precedent exist in the early and mid 20th century?	9

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