The key reason that the Soviet Union failed to develop new ways to make the economy efficient and was therefore not able to sustain economic growth was due to

A) the Soviet Union relying on entrepreneurs to develop new production technologies.
B) the typical behaviors of managers and employees in a centrally planned economy.
C) the failed attempt to convert to a market-based economy.
D) the Soviet Union's lack of accumulating capital goods.

B

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