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Home » Opinion » Rolf Lindgren: Why a burned-out lightbulb cost more than a brand new one in the Soviet Union
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Under communism in the Soviet Union, a burned-out lightbulb cost more than a brand-new lightbulb. You might think. "No way!" This couldn't possibly be true!!! But it is... Under communism, when the government controlled the means of production, new lightbulbs had a fixed, rel...