By the end of the 1970s, the economy in the Soviet bloc fell seriously behind the West mainly because
A) communist ideology had eliminated the consumer mentality.
B) Western economic warfare and sanctions succeeded.
C) of a lack of flexibility and freedom to experiment.
D) stagflation in the West spread eastward.
E) of the expense involved in the arms race with the United States.
Ans: C
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