Part IV: Shock Therapy
August 2, 2024
88 min
Season 1 - Episode 4: Part IV: Shock Therapy
00:00 / 45:00
Overview
To avoid economic catastrophe and famine, immediate reforms are needed. Boris Yeltsin creates a government of young reformers headed by Yegor Gaidar. These measures would later be called "shock therapy": free prices, trade liberalization, privatization.
Episode Information
TV Show
The Unfinished Time: Russia in the 90s
Season
Season 1
Episode Number
4
Air Date
August 2, 2024
Runtime
88 minutes