Mastodawn

“Nevertheless, #US activity in #pipeline construction is still outstanding, with a total of 8,067 km of pipe laid in 1957 alone. Likewise, in crude #oil extraction, the United States continues to maintain the number one spot. Currently, 7.5 million #barrels per day are being delivered, while nine million barrels per day are being consumed. Comparable figures for the #Soviet Bloc are 2.6 million barrels and 2.5 million barrels.”
—Background Research about the #COMECON Pipeline (September 6, 1960)

Jacob Something Apr 9, 2025

#History #ColdWar #Economics #CMEA #Comecon

I'm wondering what would have happened if the Eastern Bloc had used Agile instead of the 5-year plan.

Mікє Вυгг Nov 13, 2023

I wonder what kind of people would show up to a heavily advertised "#COMECON"

#lasvegas?

allpyrenees May 30, 2023

#Comecon
https://all-andorra.com/comecon-building-in-moscow/

COMECON building in Moscow * All PYRENEES · France, Spain, Andorra

The complex of buildings of the secretariat of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON), also known as the Book House, is a complex of buildings located on the bank of the Moskva river at Novy Arbat, 36 in the Arbat district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. The complex includes 3 buildings united ...

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Argos de Core Apr 13, 2023

@rtfm

De acuerdo pero con un matiz. Creo que a China no hay quien la bloquee, lo de montar un bloque económico en torno a EE.UU. tiende a ser más bien un autobloqueo, crear un espacio económico amurallado (como el #COMECON) dentro del que el sistema económico estadounidense se sienta cómodo.

La cuestión para la UE y para los estados de Sudamérica (de Centroamérica para arriba no hay opción) es si quieren estar dentro o fuera del muro del cortijo económico estadounidense.