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The USSR and their various Committees and Ministries are often depicted as having been dysfunctional because of the poor incentive structures from communist philosophy. To specific Committees and Ministries, why were some run poorly, and were any run well? (services/products that rivaled the US)

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The USSR and their various Committees and Ministries are often depicted as having been dysfunctional because of the poor incentive structures from communist philosophy. To specific Committees and Ministries, why were some run poorly, and were any run well? (services/products that rivaled the US)	160