What statement best describes the impact of Stalin's economic policies?
a. They completely overtaxed a war-damaged industrial plant.
b. They were unrealistic since Russia lacked accessible natural resources and fossil fuels.
c. They managed to produce both "guns and butter," that is rearmed the Soviet military while providing cheap and plentiful consumer goods.
d. They instituted modified free-market capitalism in all economic areas but heavy industry.
e. They emphasized the development of heavy industry and the production of modern weapons and space vehicles.
e
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