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Factual statements on economic realities of Josip Broz and his fellow Communists:

Factual statements on economic realities of Josip Broz and his fellow Communists:

*'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''' states:  

*'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''' states:  

''"At his death, the state treasury was empty"'' <ref>Encyclopaedia Britannica-History & Society: Josip Broz Tito</ref>

{{Cquote|''He knew that the Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, and others could not be integrated within some new supranation, nor would they willingly accept the hegemony of any of their number; yet his supranational Yugoslavism frequently smacked of unitarism. He promoted self-management but never gave up on the party’s monopoly of power. He permitted broad freedoms in science, art, and culture that were unheard of in the Soviet bloc, but he kept excoriating the West. He preached peaceful coexistence but built an army that, in 1991, delivered the coup de grace to the dying Yugoslav state. At his death, the '''state treasury''' was '''empty''' and political opportunists unchecked. He died too late for constructive change, too early to prevent chaos.''<ref>Encyclopaedia Britannica-History & Society: Josip Broz Tito</ref>}}

*'''BBC''' UK/History by Tim Judah:  

*'''BBC''' UK/History by Tim Judah:  

''"The economy was built on the shaky foundations of massive western loans."'' <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/yugoslavia_03.shtml BBC-History by Tim Judah:]

{{Cquote|''Tito's Yugoslavia also gained enormous prestige as a founder of the non-aligned movement, which aimed to find a place in world politics for countries that did not want to stand foursquare behind either of the two superpowers. Despite all this, and although there was much substance to Tito's Yugoslavia, much was illusion too. The economy was built on the '''shaky foundations''' of '''massive western loans'''. Even liberal communism had its limits, as did the very nature of the federation. Stirrings of nationalist dissent in Croatia and Kosovo were crushed. The federation worked because in reality the voice of only one man counted - that of Tito himself.'' <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/yugoslavia_03.shtml BBC-History by Tim Judah:]</ref>}}

*Tito's Yugoslavia also gained enormous prestige as a founder of the non-aligned movement, which aimed to find a place in world politics for countries that did not want to stand foursquare behind either of the two superpowers. Despite all this, and although there was much substance to Tito's Yugoslavia, much was illusion too. The economy was built on the shaky foundations of massive western loans. Even liberal communism had its limits, as did the very nature of the federation. Stirrings of nationalist dissent in Croatia and Kosovo were crushed. The federation worked because in reality the voice of only one man counted - that of Tito himself.</ref>

*'''Ivo Goldstein''' 'Croatia A History':  

*'''Ivo Goldstein''' 'Croatia A History':  

''"People could obtain so much free or for less than the market price (e.g. apartments) that they could be obtained without work."''  

 

*''Self-management as system was only slightly more efficient than the Soviet model. It was '''bureaucratised and cumbersome''' and could not compete with Western economies. People could obtain so much free or for less than the market price (e.g. apartments) that they could be '''obtain without work'''. All this made the settling of accounts in the 1980s and in the post-socialist age more difficult.''

 

'''Note''': Ivo Goldstein is a Professor at the  [http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/ University of Zagreb] & former Director of the Institute for Croatian History of the University of Zagreb. Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia.

'''Note''': Ivo Goldstein is a Professor at the  [http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/ University of Zagreb] & former Director of the Institute for Croatian History of the University of Zagreb. Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia.