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It must be clearly understood that we have a long way to go to the market economy. In this transition period, we shall realize the futility of a number of illusions supported by certain propagandists of market relations, including “all useful aspects of capitalism,” the development of the future society without economic crises, the normality of social stratification. We shall be completely disappointed with the ability of a new economic system of ensuring the living standards of the developed capitalist countries over a short time. One theory after another is cast away on the way of our transition to market relations since not infrequently they pursue political ends, whereas it is the economy that must be reorganized to strengthen the part played by the main economic laws of the commodity production and weaken the role played by other laws inherent in the commanding administrative system. This concerns the motive forces of the national economy of the transition period and, first of all, the private property, the price formation, the commercialization of the economy. The system of taxation is an important factor of the economic pressing. It must gradually teach us to respect the state economic institutions. In order to establish market relations, we must make use of the threat of bankruptcy of enterprises with the loss of workplaces and with such a fall of the prestige of managers that none of the respectful firms would accept them as such. Hence, one of the main problems of establishing market relations is that of the motivation of labor in the framework of the market economy. Without it we shall not be able to enact the main productive force of society, the manpower. The appearance of lawful unemployment will show very soon its role as a strict controller of forces and abilities of people. In conjunction with the threat of unemployment, it will make it necessary to get rid of seemingly employed, will constantly form standard requirements in highly productive labor of different categories of personnel and create economic stimuli to labor. It should be pointed out that the establishment of market economy in the country manifests itself, first of all, in the formation of a market of manpower. It is not by chance, therefore, that alongside the exchanges and auctions we are witnessing a collective struggle for social insurance in the form of independent trade unions. The strengthening of the market motivation of labor will be one of the most important factors that will dictate the necessity of increasing the volume of output, especially that of consumer goods, and create the prerequisites for real rises in wages. The selection of directors, managers and presidents will become a serious problem. The elections of directors did not come up to expectations since they worked under the constant threat of re-election. A better choice is a contract system for managers with a competition of candidates. The selection of a new generation of managers has just begun and its proper organization, the selection of cadres by deeds and not by documents, is one of the most important problems in the state management of the economy. The most difficult problems are in the field of prices. No other sphere of economic activity (except for the problems connected with property) is being subjected to as radical a reorganization as that of price formation. Prices must serve as the measure of cost, of the equivalence of exchange of the forms of activity, the support of all reproduction processes. It will be prices that will force us to close down all unprofitable enterprises, and change the character and methods of balancing the economy. 1 5 9