The F.L.A.W. may even operate in such a way as to hide from the Administrator the operation of the G.U.P. In such situations, the Administrator sinks into complacency while the System careens from disaster to disaster. In recognition of major Russian contributions to our experience of this phenomenon, it is known as the Potemkin Village Effect. The P.V.E. is especially pronounced in Five-Year Plans, which typically report sensational overachievement during the first four and a half years, followed by a rash of criminal trials of top officials and the announcement of a new and more ambitious
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