Big Time 1958

“The question of the exchange between gold and the U.S. dollar in the Breston Woods system does not mean that U.S. gold can support the utilization rate of the entire U.S. dollar, but is determined based on the U.S. income deficit and surplus! The U.S. uses gold as a margin, which can be Throw and recycle to keep capitalist financial markets stable, leverage leverage to keep the dollar stable! But we think the whole Breston Woods system has a fundamental structural problem! Economic strength has recovered elsewhere outside the US after the war A lot, and now including our Soviet Union, several countries are planning currency reforms!" In Serov's office, a man in his 40s was explaining economics to the KGB vice-chairman, sitting on the sofa. Shelov kept nodding, not daring to make a sound to disturb this man's thoughts.

As the vice-president of the KGB, the teachers that Serov looked for when he was studying were all famous people. The person in front of him who talked eloquently was Leonid Kantorovich, an academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, an outstanding scientist and mathematician. , and economists.

  Shelov listened to Leonid Kantorovich's lecture very seriously, and a feeling called admiration rose in his heart. Because he knew from posterity that the Breston Woods system had collapsed. It is precisely because of the continuous outbreak of the dollar crisis that the United States finally forced the United States to abandon the Breston Woods system. In a sense, although the Breston Woods system supports the United States, it also limits the power of the US dollar.

"Comrade Leonid Kantorovich, listening to you, it seems that the Breston Woods system really seems to be very problematic!" Shelov asked very curiously, "So is the Breston Woods system really a problem? What about a good system?"

   "That's a good question, General Serov!" Kantorovich nodded. “The gold standard system on which the Breston Woods system was based was built on a relatively constant standard, and the reality is not as simple as it seems! The population will grow more and more. The dollar must also exceed the circulation! With With the passage of time, the Breston Woods system will definitely become more and more unstable, because the amount of gold mined is far from growing as fast as the issuance in the United States! The Breston Woods system itself is enough of a structural problem..."

   Shelov put on an air of being taught, and understood the specific problem. Is this problem easy to solve? It is easy to solve. As long as the Americans are more disciplined and do not secretly increase the issuance of US dollars, the Breston Woods system will never be abandoned in just over 20 years, even if it cannot last for a long time. The problem is that the US secretly increased the number of US dollars. of circulation to make up its own deficit. As a result, it has been targeted by other countries. During the several dollar crises in the 1960s, there were shadows of other countries behind these crises, including the close allies of the United States, Britain, France and Germany.

   Now the United States is the strongest country in the world and has the most powerful armed forces. The Breston Woods system was still built by the Americans. Is it possible to expect the Americans to not guard and steal? At this point Serov as a spy chief. Better than others, I can understand the trade-off and entanglement between the interests of the United States and the interests of American allies.

In this way, the Breston Woods system is bound to collapse because of this fundamental institutional difference. As a substitute, the United States finally found oil as the support of the dollar. In fact, the Soviet Union can be said to be the beneficiary in the early days of the establishment of the petrodollar. Together, they held down the successful Britain, France and Germany that attacked the Breston Woods system, consolidated the superpower status of the United States and the Soviet Union at the time of petrodollars, and ensured that Britain, France and Germany could not challenge them alone.

   "Comrade Leonid Kantorovich. Excuse you! I hope your research topic is not delayed!" The upper alarm clock on Serov's desk rang. Indicates that today's economics class is over. He stood up and held the hand of Academician Leonid Kantorovich and expressed his gratitude to the academician of the Academy of Sciences for his presence.

"It doesn't matter. Comrade Serov! I have a note here, and you can come to me anytime you want to find out about economics!" Leonid Kantorovich said quite familiarly, a KGB vice-chairman became his own The student, who he himself felt was a matter of pride, gave a note of his own to Serov as a gift.

   "Let's go after dinner, the food in our general bureau is still okay!" It was almost noon, and Serov naturally didn't let Kantorovich go back hungry, which was too disrespectful to scientists.

   When eating in the cafeteria, Serov asked some more questions, all of which were related to the Soviet planned economy. In the end, Leonid Kantorovich also gave Serov answers one by one.

   In the afternoon, Serov still had classes. The afternoon class was a psychology class. The teacher was recruited by Dr. Yagoda. According to Dr. Yagoda, he was also his teacher and the most authoritative psychologist in the Soviet Union. More authoritative than Yagoda.

It was not long after the meal, and just after the car that sent Kantorovich had left, a car slowly stopped at the entrance of the General Military Administration, and an old man with gray hair of nearly sixty years old came down, but he could see from his appearance. It can be seen that the old man was a handsome guy when he was young. This old man has a pair of eyes that seem to know everything, and he has a feeling that he is in control of everything.

Leondev, Director of the Psychology Teaching and Research Section of the Philosophy Department of Moscow University, once cooperated with famous Soviet psychologists. Psychology was not valued in the Soviet Union, but Leondev still tried his best to support himself with limited support. Research in psychology continues as far as possible.

  Economics and psychology courses have now replaced Serov's original painting and music classes. After all, music and painting can only be used as a pastime, and are far less useful than economics and psychology courses. Psychology, in particular, is very important for an agent. The secretive camouflage of an agent is all related to this discipline. If you can do targeted anti-detection exercises, you can greatly reduce the chance of being discovered. The possibility of defecting naturally does not need to let the KGB operation executive department full of killers always wander around the world.

  The heroes of the world come out of my generation and enter the arena as time goes by. This sentence sums up the most suitable profession is the killer! If the executioners who make a living by killing people in the operation department can kill less people, they will not always go to the general hospital for psychological treatment.

"Our research involves many fields of perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behavior, interpersonal relationships, social relations, etc., and is also related to many fields of daily life - family, education, health, society, etc. Psychology on the one hand tries to use The brain works to explain the basic behavior and psychological function of the individual. At the same time, psychology also attempts to explain the role of the individual psychological function in social behavior and social dynamics; at the same time, it is also related to neuroscience, medicine, biology and other sciences, because these sciences The physiological effects explored affect the mind of the individual."

Leonzev just briefly explained the importance of psychology, and then he continued to explain specific examples. Soon Serov discovered that Dr. Yagota was not bragging, and Leontiev was indeed obviously a lot higher than him. .

"The basics of psychology include describing, explaining, predicting, and influencing behavior!" Leontiev gave Serov science a serious look, but Serov, a student, didn't buy it this time, and said in a weird tone, "So, Can I interpret a person's heart completely based on his appearance, and then predict his follow-up activities and influence on the surrounding? Am I understanding that right?"

"You didn't understand it wrong. In theory, your statement is completely valid!" Leondev's firm tone did not change Serov's determination to classify him as a magic stick. Leondev's words were too loose. Now, Serov can't believe it at all, he doesn't believe such an outrageous thing will happen.

"If a person can do this, it's almost the same as predicting the future! Comrade Leontiev, this explanation is a little unconvincing!" Serov retorted, "Is there such a person in the world? I would like to meet you!"

It can be said that today's two classes gave Serov two completely different experiences. The economics class in the morning made him feel that he had learned a lot of useful things, but in this psychology class, he did not realize the gain at all, on the contrary, it became more and more important. Do you think that there is a magic stick in front of you, or that a Rasputin has appeared in front of your eyes again?

"Director Serov, do you really want to see it?" Contrary to Serov's expectations, Leontiev was not at all worried, but as if he knew Serov had doubts about him for a long time, he stared at Serov's face with a smile and said, "This is Rasputin is indeed a liar, but it does not mean that there are no people in the world who can truly understand people's psychology..."

It was as if an atomic bomb exploded in his heart, and Serov was shaken all over, causing the chair behind him to make a harsh sound. This was caused by Serov's too much movement. "How did he know that I thought of Rasputin?" This question Has been lingering in Shelov's heart.

"I can judge your mental activity based on your body movements. If Director Serov takes precautions in this regard, I will naturally not be able to see your mental activity on the surface!" Leontiev said with a smile, "but our research It is always attributed to feudal superstitions by some cadres, we have long been accustomed to this! If Director Shelov is interested in some extraordinary phenomena, I will introduce you to someone!"

   "Who?" Serov asked directly, "Wolf? Grigorivitch? Messing" Leontiev's answer was just as simple. After Leontiev left, Serov, who was leaning on the chair tossed and turned, picked up the phone and said, "Look for a man named Wolf Grigovich Messing, I want to meet him. ..." He thought of this person, the prototype of Yuri in Red Alert... (To be continued~^~)