Yegor Timurovich Gaidar is known as the architect behind the "Shock Therapy" that rapidly transformed the planned economy to a market ecomony after the dissolution of the USSR.
Discuss the "Shock Therapy". Was it necessary, or would a slower, more gradual transformation have prevented much of the 90's turmoil in Russia?
If you want, you can also discuss why a communist planned economy is more efficient and ultimately superior to a capitalist market economy.