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It has become obvious by the end of 1988 that the new economic mechanism made the crisis even deeper. It did not provide for the solution of the problems posed, namely, the acceleration of the scientific and technical progress, the perfection of the structure of industrial production and the raising of the welfare of the people. It was necessary to take hasty measures to obviate complete failure of economy. It is easy to understand the caution of the government in the realisation of the program at the second stage (1989-1990) of the reorganization of the national economy. The reforms carried out in 1987-1990 failed, the living standards of the population lowered. Under these conditions it was dangerous to introduce the system of private property for land and means of production from all points of view—economic, social, and political. The third stage of the reformation of the economy began in 1991. The government and the Prime Minister V. Pavlov began with the nonpopular measures, namely, the withdrawal of the banknotes of fifty and 100 rouble denomination, the raising of prices of consumer goods and services. The reform of price formation produced a negative effect on the welfare of a considerable part of the population. The rise in the prices of consumer goods of prime necessity 2-3 times followed by a “sixty rouble compensation” caused discontent. The anticrisis program of reformation of the economy suggested by a new Russian government presupposes urgent measures of normalization in all spheres of the economy such as the industrial production, currency circulation, financial and foreign economic activities. The forced transition to market relations was accentuated in the new program. These measures presuppose the creation of conditions under which a workman would be interested in efficient work, in a rational management, in showing initiative and enterprise and a wide competition among the producers. However, the methods of inculcation of the majority of measures suggested into practice have not been clear-cut, i.e., the mechanism of connected activities had not been clarified. It was not clear, for instance, as to who would compete under the prevailing conditions of the increasing deficit of raw materials and goods, or how to motivate people in raising the labor productivity, in increasing the output of quality consumer goods if the wages rose 3-4 times faster than the total production turnover. The liberalization of prices and the uncontrolled increase in wages strengthen the inflation and lead to a further destruction of the market of consumer goods. The output of consumer goods has not increased, the economy has not been revived, the losses of enterprises have not decreased. The losses in the national economy have reached 30%, and therefore it is only possible to revive the economy and to increase the efficiency of the production processes with the aid of the mechanism of management oriented at lowering the expenditures. Consequently, all the reforms and the economic activities at enterprises must be directed towards the working out of the anticrisis mechanism. The lowering of prices and expenses is only possible by means of the improvement of management, the decrease of losses, the perfection of the organization of labor processes, and the acceleration of the scientific and technical process. 1 0 5