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The second economy in the Estonian SSR: small-scale speculation and black market profiteering.
- Source :
- Journal of Baltic Studies; Mar2024, Vol. 55 Issue 1, p217-235, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The article provides insight into one of the most prevalent forms of the second economy in the Estonian SSR – small-scale speculation and black market profiteering – through the results of narrative research conducted among a small group of speculators who were involved in the smuggling of Western goods behind the Iron Curtain between the mid-1970s and late-1980s. The empirical material comprises five in-depth interviews that focus on various illegal and semi-illegal practices and strategies employed to establish and sustain the flow of contraband consumer items. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INFORMAL sector
SMUGGLING
PROFITEERING
BLACK market
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01629778
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Baltic Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175415528
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2023.2179646