Other economists suggest that the reimposition of capital controls may actually be a useful way of dealing with a financial crisis, at least under some conditions.
In yet another indication of Gorbachev's true intentions with respect to structural economic reform, his new economic adviser, Oleg Ozherelev, urged in a 27 March interview with the Financial Times the reimposition of central control over all supplycontracts between the state and enterprises, rejected radical privatization plans and called for a further slowing down of the transition to a market economy.