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How did finances in socialist countries work? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 2 weeks ago by reallybigShell@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
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Sorry if this a little silly of a question I haven't read much on the topic, but in a centrally planned economy, if everyone is a worker of a state owned business, how did the government have a budget surplus? Did they only rely on exports and tourism for state finances, because I can't think of other ways to generate state revenue surplus. Thank you for your answers.

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[โ€“] reallybigShell@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ooh did the businesses that received the money, for example the grocery store, the revenue from their sales went to the workers who work at the store directly?

[โ€“] Flyberius@hexbear.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm afraid I genuinely do not know. I think my gf was just answering the question on a more macro sense. Like, how do they have a budget surplus. I'm sure in many cases money does go directly from one person to another without state intervention.